Sexual PoliticsBooks

A radical work by Cambridge economist Victoria Bateman, who has appeared naked on TV, stage, art and protests, using body and brain to deliver her message. Questions: Despite feminism's promises, why do women's bodies remain at mercy of state, society and religion? Are sexy and smart mutually exclusive? Traces bodily modesty pendulum from ancient Egypt to present, calling feminists to unite against female body repression.

Louise Perry challenges a sexual liberalism that treats consent and choice as a complete ethic, foregrounding gendered risk while inviting scrutiny of her biological essentialism, marital prescription, and limited engagement with queer and sex-worker perspectives.

Six interlocking essays move from rape allegations, pornography, desire, and teacher - student relations to the carceral state and capitalism, refusing to reduce sexual politics to the claim that consent alone settles every question.

Mona Eltahawy’s polemic links state, family, and religious control over women’s bodies across the Middle East and North Africa while forcing debate about anger, generalization, and the politics of speaking for a region.

A foundational transnational feminist anthology tracing colonial legacies through labor, state power, erotic autonomy, Indigenous sovereignty, and grassroots democratic organizing.