Aristophanes would be proud

May 01, 2009 22:50

Someone has been reading the classics : Kenyan women are trying to pressure politicians into finding an end to the current political crisis, by re-enacting Lysistrata's story. That is, by withholding sex for a week.

Here is the story


"We are asking even sex workers to join the cause, even if we have to pay them ourselves," said Patricia Nyaundi, ( Read more... )

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_w_o_o_d_ May 2 2009, 07:45:50 UTC
To be fair, Aristophanes was also making fun of the men (carrying, under their tunics "an embarrassing burden").

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