Time for women to hit below the belt, again

This Wednesday, International Woman’s Day, women everywhere are going on strike, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Well, that’s the plan anyway. Hopefully it will materialise — against inequality, violence, misogyny, hate crime. And in Ireland, for the repeal of the 8th Amendment. But going on strike for one day – even if every woman in the world downs tools, walks out, leaves the building — lasts only for one day. What can we do that is sustainable, costs nothing, and has a proven track record?

Let us look to ancient Greece. 2,500 years ago, Lysistrata persuaded the men of Athens and Sparta to stop warring, by persuading the women of Athens and Sparta to stop having sex with them.