12 Awesome Sex-Positive Female Protagonists

In a world full of gendered double standards, these women aren't afraid to follow their desires.

By Jessica Ferri | Published Sep 20, 2017

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Chris Kraus from I Love Dick

positive sex female protagonists

By Chris Kraus

Sheila from How Should a Person Be?

sex positive characters How Should a Person Be

By Sheila Heti

Faye from Outline and Transit

positive sex female protagonists

By Rachel Cusk

Ifemelu from Americanah

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By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre

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Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Brontë

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Hester Prynne from A Scarlet Letter

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By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Isadora from Fear of Flying

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Fear of Flying

By Erica Jong

Jacaranda from Sex and Rage

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By Eve Babitz

Sally from The Dud Avocado

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By Elaine Dundy

Maggie Nelson from The Argonauts

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By Maggie Nelson

The narrator from Written on the Body

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By Jeanette Winterson

“Secretary” from Bad Behavior

sex positive characters Bad Behavior Mary Gaitskill

By Mary Gaitskill

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