Whether or not sexual freedom should be a feminist issue is currently a much-debated topic. (Since the writing of this chapter much new feminist writing discussing sexuality has emerged, includ­ ing Loving in the War Years, by Cherrie Moraga; Powers of Desire, edited by Ann Snitow, Christine Startsell, and Sharon Thompson; Female Desire, by Rosalind Coward; and Sex and Love, edited by Sue Cartledge and Joanna Ryan; to name a few.) Concluding her essay "Sexuality as the Mainstay of Identity: Psychoanalytic Perspectives," Ethel Person writes:

Person does not add that rethinking sexuality, changing the norms of sexuality, is a pre-condition for female sexual autonomy; there­ fore sexuality, and by implication "sexual freedom," is an important, relevant issue for feminist politics.