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Key ideas from the book
- The essays give voice to young Moroccan women grappling with social attitudes toward sex.
- They examine the tension between condemning sex and treating it as a commodity.
- The book describes legal restrictions on sex outside marriage, homosexuality, and prostitution in Morocco.
- It presents the limited sexual identities available to women within the culture described.
About Sex and Lies by Leïla Slimani
In these essays, Leïla Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women grappling with a culture that condemns and commodifies sex. The book describes a society where laws punish sex outside marriage and outlaw homosexuality and prostitution, leaving women with sharply limited ways to express their sexual identities.
Sex and Lies will interest readers exploring women’s experiences, sexuality, and social and legal constraints in Morocco. It offers a focused account of intimate questions shaped by the country’s conservative norms.
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