Lena Gunnarsson is a researcher in the Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Örebro University, Sweden.

'Gunnarsson seems confident in offering ”a new paradigm of spiritualpolitical structure” (169). And we need such confidence, especially in the light of a study that suggests that inequality sits at the heart of matters quite literally. This insight brings an important perspective to feminist theory.' — Frida Beckman, Stockholm University, lambda nordica, Journal of LGBTQ Studies

• 1. Introduction PART I Feminist Modes of Theorizing Sexuality and Gendered Power 2. Judith Butler and the Deconstruction of Reality 3. Anna Jónasdóttir and the Organic Roots of Power PART II Meta-Theoretical Interlude: Challenging Poststructuralist Feminism 4. Feminist Theory and Nature 5. Women and Men as Theoretical Categories PART III The Reality of Love and Power – a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach 6. Loving Him for Who He Is: The Microsociology of Power 7. Love – Exploitable Resource or ‘No-Lose Situation’? 8. Men in Love: The Work of Repressing Reality 9. Reality and Change 10. Conclusion: Necessity and the Power of Love

Lena Gunnarsson is a researcher in the Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Örebro University, Sweden.

'Gunnarsson seems confident in offering ”a new paradigm of spiritualpolitical structure” (169). And we need such confidence, especially in the light of a study that suggests that inequality sits at the heart of matters quite literally. This insight brings an important perspective to feminist theory.' — Frida Beckman, Stockholm University, lambda nordica, Journal of LGBTQ Studies

• 1. Introduction PART I Feminist Modes of Theorizing Sexuality and Gendered Power 2. Judith Butler and the Deconstruction of Reality 3. Anna Jónasdóttir and the Organic Roots of Power PART II Meta-Theoretical Interlude: Challenging Poststructuralist Feminism 4. Feminist Theory and Nature 5. Women and Men as Theoretical Categories PART III The Reality of Love and Power – a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach 6. Loving Him for Who He Is: The Microsociology of Power 7. Love – Exploitable Resource or ‘No-Lose Situation’? 8. Men in Love: The Work of Repressing Reality 9. Reality and Change 10. Conclusion: Necessity and the Power of Love

Lena Gunnarsson is a researcher in the Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Örebro University, Sweden.

'Gunnarsson seems confident in offering ”a new paradigm of spiritualpolitical structure” (169). And we need such confidence, especially in the light of a study that suggests that inequality sits at the heart of matters quite literally. This insight brings an important perspective to feminist theory.' — Frida Beckman, Stockholm University, lambda nordica, Journal of LGBTQ Studies

• 1. Introduction PART I Feminist Modes of Theorizing Sexuality and Gendered Power 2. Judith Butler and the Deconstruction of Reality 3. Anna Jónasdóttir and the Organic Roots of Power PART II Meta-Theoretical Interlude: Challenging Poststructuralist Feminism 4. Feminist Theory and Nature 5. Women and Men as Theoretical Categories PART III The Reality of Love and Power – a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach 6. Loving Him for Who He Is: The Microsociology of Power 7. Love – Exploitable Resource or ‘No-Lose Situation’? 8. Men in Love: The Work of Repressing Reality 9. Reality and Change 10. Conclusion: Necessity and the Power of Love