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Archive Number 2493

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:11:32 -0500
From: Kathe Wittenberg
Subject: Re: Lysistrata






>> >> I just heard, on National Public Radio 1/16/03 PM news show ("All Things
>> >> Considered"?) about a world-wide reading, by women, of Lysistrata coming
>up
>> >> soon. Lysistrata is the ancient Greek "comedy" by Aristophanes in which
>the
>> >> women go on a sex strike until the men give up both war and control of a
>> >> war-based economy. Anyone want to share more about this?
>> >> Bobby
>>
>won't work. Most of the old war hawks are past the age where sex is
>important to them. Maybe that is the problem :(

One of the Senators from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow, noted that in the
Vietnam War, roughly 28% of the on ground troops were married. In this
present era, over 73% of the ground troops are married with families.

Kathe