When it all comes down to the main point of this comic tale, women with power equals peace and tranquility. Or does it? A closer look into the story may suggest Aristophanes had some other statement to subliminally hint at. When Lysistrata decides to unite the women of three towns to come together and force their men to stop warring, she receives mixed reviews. Her simple answer for the men to cease fighting is for the women to lock their legs. A no sex agreement must be called into order for their husbands to quit quarreling. Considering this was one of the first pieces to cast w

The human race as a whole is personified as nothing but sexual beings who live from one encounter to the next. It is very interesting how ahead of his time Aristophanes was with his proclamation of war and sex. His simple formula of War = No Sex taps into the most primal of animal behaviors, fighting and mating. The power that he gave the women could only have occurred within a sexual realm. It was the weakness of the men that turned them into slobbering buffoons without the luxury of being able to copulate. Lysistrata herself was the woman from the beginning who only displayed the capability to stand up against the segregated behavior that men omitted towards women.

omen in a light of intelligence and calculated behavior, many would praise Aristophanes for putting himself out to open the door for the women's rights movement. But an in depth look at his characters reveals that he doesn't really consider them to be any more intelligent because they are free willed and have decisions of their own; but simply just as sexual of beings any day as men.

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