It was also notable due to its positive portrayal of a woman's rationality in a male-dominated society. What makes the play tongue-in-cheek is that the men become more upset with their wives than they do with their enemies of war. In retaliation, the women of Greece organize a strike, refusing to give their husbands sex until both sides agree to cease fighting. The women do not care about the war as much as they care about missing their husbands Lysistrata also insists that men rarely listen to women's reasoning and exclude their opinions on matters of the state. Greek playwright Aristophanes spins wonderful stories combining politics, satire, and classic Greek gods in this collection of "Lysistrata and Other Plays." "Lysistrata" focuses on the women of Greece whose husbands leave for the Peloponnesian War.
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