Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Great Regulars: Lysistrata, immortalized by Aristophanes, mobilized

women on both sides of the Athenian-Spartan War for a sexual strike in order to force men to end hostilities and avert mutual annihilation. In this, Lysistrata and her co-strikers were forerunners of the American humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow who proposed a hierarchy of needs: water, food, shelter, and sexual relations being the foundation.

from René Wadlow: Newropeans Magazine: March 8: International Day of Women--Woman as Peacemakers

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