Unintended ConSEXquence
History of How to Stop a War on Women
The current war on women and women’s rights seems to be counterproductive for men who rely on women for reproduction. It does not make much sense these days to go to war with 50% of the world population, and the frat boy take on “your body, my choice” can easily backfire, such as the #MeToo movement which is a warning on how ugly that mentality can turn for the men with an earlier indication from the Lorena Bobbitt story. Women taking back their lives might force more men into the incel mode, but not voluntarily. The old adage of “hell hath no fury like a women scorned” is probably better stated as “like a women abused.”
There have been historical precedents for the vengeance that can occur.
The 4B movement, which originated in South Korea in 2019, is a radical feminist movement where women refuse to date men, get married, have sex with men, or have children. The 4B movement is based on four Korean words that start with the letter B: bihon (no marriage), bichulsan (no childbirth), biyeonae (no dating), and bisekseu (no sex).
Another precedent lies in the person of Giulia Tofana (Rome, died Year 1651) who was an Italian professional poisoner. She sold a poison called Aqua Tofana to women who wanted to murder their husbands because of domestic abuse or other forms of violence at home. She set up a poisoning ring that began to sell this poison to women who wanted to escape abusive or inconvenient spouses. There may have been 6 women in this poisoning ring active in the 1650s.
Another example is Lysistrata, an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying all the men of the land any sex, which was said to be the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata persuades the women of the warring cities to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy that inflames the battle between the sexes.
Between 411 BC and knuckle dragging male mentality of the year 2025, there is a long history of tools that women can use to turn the tables on men in more serious ways then being “the boss” in a relationship. Your body, My Choice could easily turn into My body, You Do Not Have a Choice (and watch what I put into your food.)