As you may know, Lysistrata is a character in a classic Greek play by Aristophanes, who “convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace (to end the Peloponnesian War), a strategy however that inflames the battle between the sexes.” (Wikipedia)

Apparently the women of Kenya are doing something similar. As outlined in the Globe and Mail:

” On Wednesday, a coalition of more than 20 women’s groups began a weeklong boycott, withholding sex from their husbands in protest against what they call poor leadership in a patriarchal society that risks plunging their country back into chaos.”

Comparing the wikipedia article to the globeandmail.com article, it seems there are a number of similarities. See Lysistrata in wikipedia then head over to the Globe and read Cure for chaos: no sex tonight

It would be good if Kenya’s problems get sorted out. It would also be good if someone wrote a play or screenplay comparing the two situations. Or adopting Lysisrata in a Kenyan setting.