Lysistrata: "The salvation of all Greece lies in the women's hands. - Aristophanes
It might have brought the men home, and it may have kept them home. But, then perhaps the ancient Greeks would have survived a bit longer if instead of lying in bed all day, they were defending their borders, and especially their coasts from which they were conquered.
there are some such men who will give in to such treatment, indeed there are
but they are uncommon so that the story is credible but not something that could really describe an entire nation or society
It’s an unrealistic comedy. The men could just have sex with one another, camels, various household products, children ...
After this ‘me too’ crap, it’s going to be the men withholding sex and the women screaming for it...a bit different than in that play.
The anti-Nukes/anti-War COMMIES used this ancient play, for propaganda, from the '50s through the '70s. It didn't catch on, since the same hippies/Yippies were championing the FREE LOVE/IF IT FEELS GOOD DO IT movement at the same time.
And time was, when most people learned about this play, in high school, so nobody had to explain it.
In reality, the men would just have raided nearby (neutral) villages and raped women there.And destitute women who lived nearby would have moved to Athens to make money. No problem.
Aristophanes also has a satire about when women take over the forum and make the laws.
One of the laws was that, if a man wanted to sleep with a good looking prostitute, he first had to sleep with an ugly old lady, because....equality.
Something today's feminists don't want to discuss...