Unscrewed

Résumé du livre

Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, speaker, feminist and women’s pleasure activist. Her bestselling book, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, was a major contributor to the “yes means yes” standard of sexual consent, which is currently used on many US college campuses.

American women face significant challenges as the Religious Right—a conservative Republican Christian group—continues to exert political control over their bodies. This movement, rooted in a 1976 backlash against the loss of Bob Jones University's tax-exempt status for banning interracial dating, shifted its focus from defending racism to opposing abortion, forming a powerful alliance with Republican politicians. Despite being a democracy, the U.S. often enforces religious ideologies that limit women's autonomy, as seen in laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which enables discrimination under the guise of protecting religious liberty. Women’s sexual agency has also been historically suppressed, with societal norms framing sex as a male-driven pursuit and media perpetuating hypersexualized, unrealistic portrayals that alienate women from their own desires. Minority women, particularly Native American, Black, and transgender women, face disproportionate violence and systemic injustices rooted in dehumanizing stereotypes. While progress in women’s rights has been made, issues like "fauxpowerment"—the illusion of empowerment through superficial portrayals—highlight the persistence of misogyny. Achieving true gender equality requires dismantling rape culture, addressing systemic inequality, and supporting movements like reproductive justice, which advocate for women’s autonomy, equitable healthcare access, and societal reform beyond abortion rights.

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