{"id":1618,"date":"2011-10-27T12:37:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:51:08","slug":"from-the-archives-women-in-colombia-on-sex-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/10\/from-the-archives-women-in-colombia-on-sex-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE ARCHIVES (with an update): Women in Colombia on Sex Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago I posted a relatively amusing little news story about a group of Colombian women on a sex strike in a small village.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1619\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4822587054_1d814041e7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1619\" title=\"A view of Barbacoas from above\" src=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4822587054_1d814041e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4822587054_1d814041e7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4822587054_1d814041e7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Barbacoas from above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much like the play of Lysistrata, wherein the protagonist ended a war by convincing the women of Ancient Greece to deprive their lovers of sex, in Barbacoas, near the Pacific Coast of our beloved Colombia, hundreds of women went on a sex strike. The aim of the strike, far from merely ending a war, was to encourage the men of the village to lobby the local council into fixing a road that connects Barbaboas to the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Before the strike, a journey of just 30 miles could take over 10 hours for residents, making communications hard. Difficulties were compounded by El Ni\u00f1o, the infamous rain season that has swept much of <a title=\"Where to Go in Colombia: 5 Destinations to Go Before Everyone Else\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\">Colombia<\/a> and left the already-precarious dirt-track as something more closely resembling a swamp.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-928 \" title=\"Lysistrata\" src=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/080.jpg 932w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/080-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/080-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time, I write: &#8220;On the one hand, I wonder if it works; on the other, I hope I never have to find out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, my questions have been answered (and I didn&#8217;t have to find out the hard way): it <em><strong>does <\/strong><\/em>work. The women of Barbacoas have been successful in their protest and work has already begun building a 35 mile road connecting to the department&#8217;s capital, Pasto.<\/p>\n<p>Credit to them, maybe these Occupy Protests could get in touch with our leader&#8217;s partners and see what they can do?<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1556\" title=\"See Colombia Share it\" src=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago I posted a relatively amusing little news story about a group of Colombian women on a sex strike in a small village. 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