Sex strike

Ukrainian activist group Femen calling for a sex strike to protest against sexual exploitation of women.

A sex strike (sex boycott), or more formally known as Lysistratic nonaction,[1] is a method of nonviolent resistance in which one or more persons refrain from or refuse sex with partners until policy or social demands are met. It is a form of temporary sexual abstinence. Sex strikes have been used to protest many issues, from war to gang violence to policies.

The effectiveness of sex strikes is contested.[2]

  1. ^ "057. Lysistratic nonaction | Global Nonviolent Action Database". nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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