Posted by: Sally Duros
on Dec 5, 2008
Salon's piece "The Short Disgusting Life of the Hummer" today inspired me to reprise my 2003 column on the mensch machine here. from women's network www.worldwit.org
By Sally Duros
The play "Lysistrata" has been on my mind a lot lately with war and International Women's Day fast approaching. So I was surprised when I punched the word, Lysistrata into Google and saw that a global protest was to take place March 3 with almost 800 readings of the ancient play scheduled for performance in 43 countries. For those of you needing a refresher on your classics, in Lysistrata Athenian women barricade themselves in the Acropolis and go on a sex strike to force their husbands to vote for peace with Sparta. It's a comedy, with one of the main characters being the visible manifestation of male lust on stage. What that means I'll leave to your imagination…
