A modern day Lysistrata:

Gang members in one of Colombia’s most violent cities face an ultimatum: give up guns or give up sex. In what is being called a “strike of crossed legs”, supported by the Pereira mayor’s office, the wives and girlfriends of gang members have said they will not have sex with their partners until they vow to give up violence.

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The city’s security secretary, Julio César Gómez, said surveys of gang members showed that their favourite activity was having sex and their membership of gangs was more about power and sexual seduction than money.

Read the rest (via Sexoteric)

It is interesting to think of women successfully using their bodies to deter violence. However, one has to wonder if this concept of so many women as blockades will lead to them being literal punching bags. The women interviewed in the article claim that they are not afraid of violence from their partners but I wouldn’t be so sure. People that thrive on sex for power might not take well to it being witheld. This is an intriquing story, I hope it gets followed after the initial coverage. It could signal a new method of direct action. Well, as new as anything that Aristophanes wrote about over 2,000 years ago.