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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
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15 Sep 2006 03:52:25 PM |
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Lose The Gun Or Sleep On The Sofa! |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/15/world/main2013041.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_2013041
Sept. 14, 2006
Lose The Gun Or Sleep On The Sofa!
Men In Violent Colombian Town Denied Sex Unless They Lay Down Arms
PEREIRA, Colombia,
(CBS/AP)
Women in one of Colombia's most dangerous cities have taken the
rampant violence on with the only weapon that may defeat guns and
ammunition: the power to deny their men any sexual relations.
Dozens of women in Pereira have joined the so called "crossed legs
strike," hoping to help the local government's disarmament effort.
One gang member's girlfriend said withholding sex was proving a
powerful incentive.
"The boys listen to us. When we close ourselves off a bit they listen
to us. If they don't give up their weapons, then we won't be with
them," Margarita told AP Television.
Almost 500 murders were reported in Pereira last year.
The town, nestled in the mountains of Colombia's coffee growing
region, is one of the areas where drug trafficking gangs and heavily
armed militias still wield a lot power on the streets.
Like most Latin American countries, Colombian society is strongly
male-dominated as far as governance and public life are concerned.
But women do play a very strong role within households and family
structures.
This position may give the women of Pereira just the edge they need
over their husbands and boyfriends to make the "crossed legs" campaign
work, at least to some extent.
"They say that if we don't drop our weapons, they won't be with us
anymore," said a local gang member, who called himself Caleno.
"We need our women, and you'll change for your woman."
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Harry
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