Cool Hand Luke & Cuckoo's Nest

Cuckoo's Nest is a well-written book with some important themes:  individuality, anti-conformity, finding your voice, fighting oppression... As much as those themes are worth contemplating, I can't help but think there must be well-written books out there that deal with the same themes that aren't based on sexist and racist principles.  I'm all about the free-spirit mentality of the 60's and 70's, but not as big a fan of the Freudian and misogynistic approach that Kesey takes.  One major point that I think Kesey is trying to make is that repressed sexuality is the root of all mental and even societal problems.  McMurphy seems sure that if only the men were free from the ward - the matriarchy, the ball-cutting Nurse - that they would be healthy.  The subliminal message here is that without the freedom to express their sexuality whenever, however, and with whomever a man pleases, he is destined to become ill, broken, and miserable.  The implication of rape as control and the equating anything other than male domination with castration is problematic.  I think it's only acceptable to present this information to young students if you're going to have critical discussions and point out the danger of Kesey's beliefs.  As a young woman, I'm having a hard time relating to this book.