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TDale313

(7,820 posts)
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:24 PM Sep 2021

Is it time for women to try the Lysistrata approach?

Particularly those in states that are pushing these regressive anti-choice laws and literal bounties on women suspected of getting an abortion or helping someone get an abortion. Sex strike. Cut off the sex… and if they force the issue… cut something else off.

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Is it time for women to try the Lysistrata approach? (Original Post) TDale313 Sep 2021 OP
seems like those states also stillcool Sep 2021 #1
Way past time Ritabert Sep 2021 #2
...cut something else off. llmart Sep 2021 #3
Criminalizing abortion effectively legalizes rape. musette_sf Sep 2021 #4
Ugh. Treefrog Sep 2021 #5
I know, right? NurseJackie Sep 2021 #6
Ugh indeed. How is DU's jury process so broken that a post like this is ok? (Nt) FreepFryer Sep 2021 #10
:) I'd love to hear about it, in either meaning of "cutting it off." Hortensis Sep 2021 #7
This is exactly what I've been saying! slightlv Sep 2021 #8
The actual result of this will be the opposite of what the white Christian Taliban want. roamer65 Sep 2021 #9
Agree 100% I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #11
At least on Friday and Saturday nights, now known as "Burqa Nights". Klaralven Sep 2021 #12

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
1. seems like those states also
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:31 PM
Sep 2021

make it easy to get guns. What better way? A women's militia. I'd love to see that movie.

musette_sf

(10,200 posts)
4. Criminalizing abortion effectively legalizes rape.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:48 PM
Sep 2021

They'll violently take what they want without consequences.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. :) I'd love to hear about it, in either meaning of "cutting it off."
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:58 PM
Sep 2021

But it's not just men. Many female hard-cores are behind this also, and kindred souls find each other.

Plus, this is 2021 and we're talking about free, opinionated women. They'd have cut those men off at the first date, any who got that far. In fact, that's reportedly a common experience for those men. Bless their mean little hearts.


slightlv

(2,786 posts)
8. This is exactly what I've been saying!
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:42 PM
Sep 2021

I DO love the idea of a women's militia, tho! Add in cutting off the sex - always with the rejoinder of "hea, YOU don't have to carry the baby for 9 months whether you want it or not. No sex with men is the best way to protect myself!"

Let HIM wonder who you're having sex with! (hehe)

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
9. The actual result of this will be the opposite of what the white Christian Taliban want.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:51 PM
Sep 2021

The result will be an even lower birth rate of white babies. Texas women will react by making damn sure they don’t get pregnant, either by birth control or abstinence.

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