Do You Think Sex Strikes On College Campuses Could Reduce Sexual Assault? Spike Lee Does

By Ashley Monaé | 1 day ago

In anticipation of his new film Chiraq, prolific director Spike Lee is making his promotion rounds and spreading the word about the importance of a film as such in current times.

Recently, Lee stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discussed everything from the film’s basis to the controversy surrounding it. Interestingly, Lee spoke out on both gun control and his thoughts on rape and sexual assault on college campuses and how it can be reduced — which was met with favorable applause.

“With what’s happening on college campuses, with the University of Missouri when the football players got together and said if the president doesn’t resign, we’re not going to play,” Lee said. “I think that a sex strike could really work on college campuses, where there’s an abundance of sexual harassment and date rape. College campuses and universities, second semester I think it’ll happen.”

While I understand Lee’s idea of coming to together and spreading a message to the masses in hopes of making a change, rape and sexual assault can’t simply be changed just by deciding to go on a sex strike, as it’s something that happens by force. Don’t most if not all victims say no with no consent?

Interestingly, Chiraq was derived from the Greek play Lysistrata, where a group of Chicago women band together and decide to withhold sex from their husbands and boyfriends in hopes of ending the violence that has taken the city under siege. So, there’s definitely a correlation between the two.

What are your thoughts? Do you believe on campus sex strikes could be effective in curbing violence and sexual assault?
* Interview on link*


Spike Lee Weighs In On Sexual Assault On College Campuses | MadameNoire http://madamenoire.com/601275/college-campus-sex-strikes-spike-lee/[/ur]

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Self promoting, sexist marketing scam.
(No wonder Chicago is slamming him.)

The idea isn't even his own.
But I am sure the dregs of society will credit him for it.

Lysistrata - Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature http://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_lysistrata.html/

Who knows, maybe it will lower the number of abortions, decrease the population of people who are too dumb to read or breed, ... But I doubt it.

What a publicity stunt for stupid.

Wake up.. You are pawns & expendable.

*pawn: noun
a chess piece of the smallest size and value *

Blaxploitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation/

List of blaxploitation films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blaxploitation_films/.

IF you are African American.
IF you are a movie buff
IF you have at least an average IQ.
IF you are old enough to REMEMBER REAL racism inflicted on the black community- committed by an entire society. (Hangings, cross burnings, REAL police brutality, etc...)
Then BOYCOTT Spike Lee & Quentin Tarantino & anyone else who is trying to profit off of recreating the past & breeding hate & contempt & destroying what WE as Americans have learned & gained.


* Rant over *

A sex strike in Chicago, may work to lower the rate of HIV transmission... for awhile.

This one was great!