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In reply to the discussion: Women Surround Crying Mom Whose Toddler Was Having A Meltdown At The Airport. [View all]Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Lysistrata -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, Lysistrátē, "Army Disbander"
is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying all the men of the land any sex, which was the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peacea strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes.
My note: As a result of what the women propose, the women in the play end up governing. It is a "comedy" but in my opinion would really work to stop war. Women do negotiate in a different way than men.