Prompt #6

I have a personal connection with the phrase "Make love not war." When I was about 14 or so I walked into a store and bought a t-shirt with this slogan on the front. I never understood the saying farther than that the "make love," part was indirectly saying to have sex. The phrase does have some relevance to the story of Lysistrata. The idea of a sex strike against war is essentially stating "make love not war," backwards. If you get rid of the war, we will make love. I'm not sure if that kind of peace tactic would fly in modern society. Take the Iraq War for example, our current dilemma. International disputes and certain religious beliefs can not be reversed by simply taking sexual satisfaction out of the equation. That doesn't mean it isn't worth a shot.

The eternal struggle between men and women is just that, eternal. Men and women have always competed to prove themselves better than the other. Men have had the power through much of history, this only prompted women to fight back when the time was right. In the last two centuries they have fought to gain equal rights under the law. Although women are now just as capable and equal to do what men do in America, there are still many countries that do not treat women equally under the law. All that aside the most relevant and current struggle between men and women can be observed in romantic relationships.

Men and women have different views on certain aspects of relationships including sex, when its okay to call after the first date, cheating, not cheating and other trivial, but seemingly important things. This struggle may never be a thing of the past, but who would want the world to be full of perfect relationships. Without that we would be living in Stepford. Which if you know the story still ended up with men controlling the women. There is no way that two “races” as inclusive yet still outwardly observed as very very separate entities can ever truly get along, though recently the lines have been blurred, but traditionally men and women have always clashed on certain topics.