French movies on television show that the unfaithful have everything while they have nothing. Only a few singers express their frustrations, but these are banned from television. The FLN hates artists because of what they sing, the FIS hates them because of what they are. Sexuality is taboo in Algeria, homosexuality in particular. In that macho-culture, says Messaoudi, only violence offers a way out of despair.
Sexuality is subject to the taboos of the community.
In our traditional community the individual did not exist. Marriages were arranged by the group. Marriages guaranteed the cohesion of the group. But those early marriages did gave a sexual and emotional balance. That is no longer the case.