Abstract

In the postcolonial world, and particularly after September 11, a liberal Western norm updates human rights with « sexual democracy » . Intertwined with the norm of antiracism, this « sexual democracy » functions as a formidable trap to those postcolonial subjects who have the misfortune to overstep it : accused of complicity with racism, they are called barbarians and pushed into the background. Zacarias Moussaoui was well aware of this, and played on it; French girls from the North African immigration are equally well aware, and they negotiate from day to day