Sexual Boycotts, Documented During The Greek Empire And...

Sex boycotts, documented during the Greek empire and the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta, have been a traditional interesting non-violent method to resolve conflicts. The Australian aboriginals community also illustrated the sex boycott as a popular practice. Contemporary examples in Colombia in 2005 , in the Philippines and in Canada in 2012 confirmed the vulgarization of the â€Å"Lysistrata regime† to achieve social, political and economic goals. Also aimed to counteract several forms of patriarchal violence and oppression (physical, and/or psychological), sex strikes could be defined as â€Å"method of social non-cooperation† . Understanding these practises within our male supremacists society is meaningful. Conjointly,†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"If he is no good in bed, he cannot hunt† and therefore, secure the household. Again, as Chris Knight mentioned, â€Å"the relationship reciprocity which is the basis of marriage is not established between men and women, but between men by means of women† in which women had no active role to play. Gender inequalities therefore existed; women were often essentialized to perform passive roles and their expected duties. From this postulate, it seems that women especially from the case study following attempted to de-construct and re-appropriate these assumptions and prejudices. Wisely, they managed to generate a source of power directly from the source oppression. This reservoir of power has been the â€Å"gas† to organize and to use sex boycott as an alternative political tool. SEX STRIKES Sex strikes have a long history; the Lysistra comedy of Aristophanes probably refers to the earliest example of â€Å"sexual subversion† during the Peloponnesian War. This form of â€Å"traditional feminism† could be defined as a non-violent way to ostracize individuals perpetrating violence . It is aimed to achieve common goals, gender solidarity is a substantial variable and many researches often show that men are the targeted population . Sex boycott refers to a gendered â€Å"distinctive pattern of