978 0 521 89846 1 sexual politics in modern iran janet afary frontmatter more information 11 birth control female sexual awakening and the gay lifestyle 323 conclusion toward a new muslim iranian sexuality for the twenty first century 360 glossary 374 bibliography 378 index 411. Sexual politics in modern iran by janet afary cambridge cambridge university press 2009 423 pp 3299 paper isbn 978 0 521 72708 2 john foran department of sociology university of california santa barbara foransocucsbedu politics and culture word count 887 virtually every academic in the united states not to mention the reading public knows too little about iran the fact that . The east west battle over gender is brilliantly described by janet afary in her groundbreaking survey sexual politics in modern iran the new york review of books afary does a spectacular job explaining as well as detailing sexual attitudes and practices from the nineteenth to the twenty first centuries. Sexual politics in modern iran book read 6 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers janet afary is a native of iran and a leading histori