Lysistrata

Lysistrata is a story about a woman who changes the result of a war by using her sexuality as a weapon in order to end the Peloponnesian war and bring peace to Greece. Lysistrata devises a plan against the male population which she believes is hurting their society. She finds a way to use sex as leverage against the husbands of these women by having the women sign a pact stating that they will not have sex with their husbands in order to manipulate them into finding peace between sparta and Athens. By this act it shows how much power women do have over men.  Lysistrate was looking for equal treatment of gender in a male dominated society. When the men in the story were not having sex with their wives because of the pact the women signed the men became angry and realized they would have to give in to the women. This story shows the enormous influence that women have. In this story the women had the power to end a great war by going on a sex strike.  The husbands basically had no choice but to give in to their demands in order to get what the wanted. Once Sparta and Athens reconciled and were at peace, the men and women had a large celebration and the wives gave their husbands what they all had been wanting. This story demonstrates the enormous influence that women have over men and how it only takes one person to start a movement that can end a war.