Posted on 11/22/2015 9:20:26 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
When all else fails, try no sex. Chicago’s street violence is so bad that a very brave and self-composed South Side woman, April Lawson, is organizing black women to vow no sex until the killing stops, like now! “Make sure these fools put down their guns,†she’s telling her lady warriors. And her sex strike mission is based on Aristophanes’ classic Greek play, “Lysistrata!†To stop the perpetual war between Athens and Sparta, a strong Athenian woman “explains to the other women: They are to withhold sexual privileges from their menfolk as a means of forcing them to bring an end to the war.â€
What set Ms. Lawson off was seeing long lines of black males camped out in front of a new Chicago shoe store. “You’re watching these guys just like buying gym shoes and carrying on like life is normal,†Lawson said. “I saw the trailer to ‘Chi-Raq.'†Both Spike Lee and mother and activist from Auburn Gresham depict sex as the real change agent, and they mean business. “I vow to stay celibate until black men organize and create a strategy to keep the peace in our neighborhoods.†Lawson is saying! A gorgeous, young, Black female stands front and center in the video trailer surrounded by her other frustrated female cohorts. She’s wearing a black under bra with an over bra in purple. She’s mad, and she’s not going to take it anymore, no pun intended!
The Peloponnesian War between the two big city states had grown intolerable and endless. Deciding to take matters into her own hands, Lysistrata, “a strong Athenian woman with a great sense of individual responsibility,†convenes a large meeting of only females and outlines her sex strike to end war. “They are to withhold sexual privileges from their menfolk...
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Madea is better looking than the hit I got on google images. I think they have something in common.
Can’t get laid in Chicago? You must be broke, homeless, and have two heads.
Ive heard this play and the no sex thing mentioned several times over the years as a serious strategy. Folks, Lysistrata was a Greek COMEDY! it was a sex farce, in the same vein as something the Farrelly brothers might come up with today. This was not, and is not a serious strategy.
Anybody who thinks it is has a hard time drawing a distinction between fantasy and reality.
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