new era movements give new kind of political pragmatism,where women as living speakers for their politics.their tactics has fun,pain and a mixture of down to earth realities. what is the meaning of this struggle? --- On Sun, 10/5/09, Chitra.K.P <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Chitra.K.P <[email protected]> Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Kenyan women stage 'sex strike' To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 10 May, 2009, 7:42 PM Africa, within it kenya, have seen enough women struggles where women come out of their homes and jointly act for a most just society by politically organising themselves. It is true that the women are still a socially and financially oppressed class in kenya..true, the time is ripe to make themselves hear..sure,it takes lot of guts to use bedroom politics for a national cause in a nation where matters of sex are still a taboo..but i firmly believe that sex strike is not a good strategy for the cause... it only helps to reduce the gravity of the issue to a matter of ridicule and fun..u can observe it in the discussion platforms where the discussion over the national crisis has been diverted to discussion over whether sex strike is right or wrong and jokes associated with it..this is exactly what we are doing too..the real issue of national crisis is nowhere in the show at least for the time being..and i also believe there are other strategies which will also politically empower the women in their crusade for the national cause than this present one which confines the women to the politics of the bedroom..also this movement do not have any sustainability in the longer run...since the movement denies sex not only to men but also to its crusaders.... i wish Kenyan women grab their rights to participate in the political decision making process than requesting the men to do the job, with sex or without sex.. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM, elizabeth philip <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I think it takes a lot of political guts to use bedroom politics for political manouvering; it need not mean that they are 'confined' to using only sex as a political tool....even then, it is laudable !!! Declare solidarity to the Kenyan women!! Elizabeth. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Chitra.K.P <[email protected]> wrote: As long as women see themselves as confined to the politics of the bedroom, nothing is going to change...The whole thing has excellent news value..to expect any social change out of it is mere blunder.. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:44 PM, C.K. Vishwanath <[email protected]> wrote: one of my friend from kenya, halima writes writes to me about this sex strike.it sounds like a fun.But,it is a powerful tool and kenyan women expose the politics of bedroom" --- On Fri, 8/5/09, Chitra.K.P <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chitra.K.P <[email protected]> Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Kenyan women stage 'sex strike' To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, 8 May, 2009, 10:44 AM Does this mean that women have no role in political decision making..? Does this mean that the role of women is just to ensure sexual gratification for their male counterparts so that they can run the country without any private worries?..completely disgusting..!!! On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM, C.K. Vishwanath <[email protected]> wrote: Kenyan women stage 'sex strike' Ida Odinga, the prime minister's wife, said she would join the boycott Kenyan women stage 'sex strike' http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ africa/2009/ 04/2009430215553 54595.html Women's groups in Kenya have started a week-long "sex strike", in an attempt to press the country's leaders to resolve rifts and work together. Ten non-governmental organisations urged women across the nation to boycott sex with their husbands and partners along with a statement calling for reforms in government and action on promoting women's rights. Rukia Subow, chairwoman of the Women's Development Organisation, said the group believed the boycott would persuade men to press the government to make peace. "This is a national boycott to show that the women of this country have resolved to push for reforms," she said. "We want an urgent solution to the political problems facing this country." The group would pay prostitutes so they would participate in the strike, Subow said. 'Not punishment' Ida Odinga, the wife of the prime minister, Raila Odinga, said on Thursday that she would join the strike to protest against divisions between her husband and the country's president. "This should not be seen as a punishment to men, it is a measure that is aimed at drawing their attention to the real issues," she said. It was not clear whether the wife of Mwai Kibaki, the president, would join the strike. The east African country has been in political turmoil since a presidential election in December 2007 which Odinga accused Kibaki of stealing. Protests led to violence that killed more than 1,000 people and left more than 600,000 homeless. The two rivals were pressed into a power-sharing deal by the international community but disputes have crippled the coalition government and fuelled wide popular discontent. 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