Abstract
Abstract When we control for gender as a form of difference, we often discover we have been reducing other forms of difference. This chapter explains how as sexuality becomes openly democratized, women’s differences in sexual power become more obvious as does envy and competition between women. The chapter showcases the tragic paradox that when the patriarchy is fought against, it brings women closer, but when battles are won in sexuality, the spoils of the victors bring the generations into sharper conflict with each other. Looking closely at two historical epochs: the post-1947 period of Independence and the post-1992 period of Economic Liberalization, the chapter outlines the problem of age-related, within-group differences in women’s sexual power by reading the narratives of older and younger women respondents side by side. It highlights the envy in the mother-daughter relationship and concludes by framing ‘Sexual revolution’ and ‘Feminism’ not as aspirations but as generational conflict about how sex should be done.
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