Sex Strike-Make Love not War

[ErikJ]

I dont know if this has been posted yet. Just heard it on CNN this morn.

Sex strike brings peace to Filipino village
By Karen Smith, CNN
September 19, 2011 11:38 a.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
A separatist rebellion has existed in the Mindanao island since the 1970s
UNHCR says women created a sex strike to get men to stop fighting
The strike helped end clashes in July between villages on Mindanao island
RELATED TOPICS
Philippines
(CNN) -- A group of women in a violence-plagued area of the Philippines came up with their own weapon to end the fighting -- a sex strike.
The women withheld sex from their husbands until they promised to quit fighting. Their stand helped end clashes in July between villages in rural Mindanao Island, a recently released U.N. Refugee Agency report says

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/philippines.sex.strike/index.html?iref=allsearch

[ErikJ]

1. One hour later and only 1 rec?

Tough crowd.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. It's Lysistratalicious!

A lysistratapalooza!


Okay, okay, but at least I kicked your thread.

[MADem]

5. And you kicked it with INTELLIGENCE, too!

Who doesn't love a finely-tuned reference?

Bravo!

[Brigid]

3. Ah, yes -- the Lysistrata gambit.

A classic. :evilgrin:

[99th_Monkey]

4. Whatever it takes. but what about the "good guys" who refuse to fight? ~nt