Lysistrata 6

I would like to comment on the scene between the elder gentleman and lady. I use those terms loosely, however, in that the man and woman act unbefitting of a distinguished nature.Not to say in the least that it wasn't hilarious. I find it intriguing that it was the older women and men that were willing to actually resort to personal blows of violence over the conflict between the fighters and the pacifiers. I believe it's absolutely genius that Aristophanes actually manages to incorporate sexual elements into this fight as well, in that the man and woman exchange verbal blows over the appearance of each other's genitalia, even characterizing the woman's vagina(yes, I said vagina) as a 'mantrap.' I choose to focus on this part in particular in that it has been determined the men and women of the book are indeed sexual beings, and the restriction of access to the woman for the man is like cutting off access to the mantrap. By the old man saying this, in fact, he gives away the point that the mean are at the will of the woman's sexual nature, not their own, strengthening the effect the women's plan could potentially have upon the men.