return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agoNo sex. No dating. No marriage. No children. Interest grows in 4B movement to swear off menwww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square442fedilinkarrow-up1796arrow-down161cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoIt’s a reference to an old Greek comedy called Lysistrata from 411 B.C. The gag was, in order to end the Peloponnesian war (460 B.C.), women colluded to refuse sex until the men come to their senses and stop the war. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Peloponnesian_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoSex strikes have been used more recently as well to end gang conflicts, wars, and other violence.
It’s a reference to an old Greek comedy called Lysistrata from 411 B.C. The gag was, in order to end the Peloponnesian war (460 B.C.), women colluded to refuse sex until the men come to their senses and stop the war.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Peloponnesian_War
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War
Sex strikes have been used more recently as well to end gang conflicts, wars, and other violence.