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"A Belgian senator is proposing that the wives of political representatives withhold sex, or go on &amp;quot;sex strike&amp;quot; until the husbands of rivals in parliament agree to start working together. Are you listening Michelle? Ms. Boehner? Mr. Pelosi?\nPinterestFacebookThere&amp;#39;s actually a grand tradition for this kind of maneuvering, going back to one of the oldest comedies on the Western canon: Aristophanes&amp;#39;s Lysistrata.\nIn that play, Lysistrata convinces the women of various Greek city-states to withhold sex from their husbands if they insist on continuing to fight the Peloponnesian War (including a position called The Lioness and The Cheese Grater).\nIt&amp;#39;s an old and bawdy piece of theater with tons of wordplay and great, gross sex imagery, but the messages are timeless, including that there is great power in sex. Who knows how the wives of Belgian politicians will respond, or if such a vaginal filibuster could work in this day and age, but it&amp;#39;s an interesting strategy.\nHave you ever withhold sex to get what you want? How about the opposite, ever given a sexual favor as a reward, or to get something?\nHave a question about Dating, Relationships, or Sex for Single John? Submit it here.\nMore on Sex at Glamour.com__\nWhy Is Everyone Freaking Out About the Sex in Skins?\nA Super-Easy, Super-Lazy, Oral Sex Trick To Try This Weekend\n4 Oral Sex Tips That Really Work\n__What&amp;#39;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section?\n*Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#39;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#39;re as eager as you are to get rid of these pests.\nMeanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!--and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. *\nAnd a special note to you, spammers; we officially declare you a major DON&amp;#39;T.\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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