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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5341574.stm

This is amazing. I can't help but hope it is effective.

[ September 14, 2006, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: Eaquae Legit ]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I applaud them, but I admit to skepticism about its effectiveness.

I'd love to be proved wrong, though.
 
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Haha, love the thread title Eaquae.

I just hope this doesn't lead to a vast explosion of rapes there.
 
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
 
That would be my concern. These are violent criminals - what is to stop them from violence against these women?
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
"We want them to know that violence is not sexy."

Best quote of the article. [Big Grin]

As I recall Greek women back in the golden age often threatened to close their bed chambers to the men if they went off to battle too often.

I could be wrong.
 
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
 
Neat link!

EL, can you edit the title? There's a BIG difference between Columbia and Colombia...
 
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
 
I've been following this on a Latin America-related list serve I belong to and someone mentioned that a few years ago, women in a small village in Turkey succesfully implemented a sex-strike for running water. So it looks like it could work... Although getting people to change their entire life style is a lot more complex than repairing broken water pipes.

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EL, can you edit the title? There's a BIG difference between Columbia and Colombia...
Seconded!
 
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
Oops. My apologies.
 


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