Demonstrators in South Korea swore off heterosexual dating in protest against misogyny. Now the movement is sparking interest among young American women

  • @[email protected]
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    672 months ago

    Fun history fact, this is also called Lysistratic nonaction after a play by Aristophanes and has been seen in both myth and recorded history for a variety of purposes, usually to end wars or other violence, but also often to protest the infringement of women’s rights.

    • doctorskull
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      362 months ago

      Like the old adage goes, “there’s always a relevant Aristophanes play”

      • @modeler
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        12 months ago

        I’d love the pigeons shitting all over Trump and his cavalcade for the next 4 years, but look at me, living in cloud cuckoo land…

    • @LovableSidekick
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      12 months ago

      Thanks, I was trying to think of the name of that play without google.