Lysistrata 5

Enough of this book already. I get it, the women are abstaining from sex. I'm just afraid it doesn't have enough conflict. For a revolution, and I consider this a revolution in the sense that it strives to change a mindframe of a society, there has been one group of people that has initiated the feud and one that has refuted the argument. I disagree, however, that there has been a significant amount of argument on the part of the women that are trying to change the mindset. I really don't think any of the women besides Lysistrata understands the symbolic meaning of abstinence in that it means changing a familiar pattern in society. It is not relayed to the men the meaning of the act for women versus the physical pleasure of the act for themselves. In the end, the revolution is indeed incomplete and I believe only one of the more minor goals of the women's pact was achieved, the end of the Athenian-Spartan conflict.