"BEHIND WHAT THEY WANT US TO BE, IS WHAT WE ARE". SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND FEMINIST SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE SEVENTIES AND THE EIGHTIES. AN APPROXIMATION OF THE BASQUE CASE

The aim of this article is to address the sexual politics feminist debate that took place in the Basque country during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, on the basis that the local perspective is embedded in a broader context and contributes to a better understanding of historical phenomenon. The research is mainly based on oral sources created by recording individual and collective interviews with former feminist activists. These testimonies are related to some periodical press and internal documentation produced by different groups to study the specific role attributed to sexuality as an essential part of feminist activism. In addition to identifying the main aspects in which the movement' sexual policies were based on, the historical view that is proposed provides an insight of the tensions, debates, changes and negotiations around sexuality and its meanings in the historical period between 1975 and 1986.