No sex please: Ukrainian women protest with no sex for Russian men

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03242014-Ukraine_7Political and economic sanctions may not have dissuaded Russia from annexing Crimea, but a group of Ukrainian women have called for a different kind of embargo: no sex for Russian men.

“Don’t give it to a Russian,” is the name of the campaign, which aims to throw cold water on Moscow’s appetite for Ukrainian territory and draw attention to its actions in Crimea.

“You need to fight the enemy in every way you can,” organizers urge fellow patriotic women on their website.

The campaign was launched on Facebook after Russia officially added the Black Sea peninsula to its map, brushing off international fury and fanning fears of further intervention in Russian-speaking parts of the former Soviet country.

But there is more to the campaign than stopping cross-cultural liaisons.

“We tried to make it provocative because it attracts attention,” admits Irena Karpa, a Ukrainian writer, blogger and musician.

“The deeper true meaning is do not give away your dignity, your freedom, your motherland. It is more about (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and his policies, it is not racist,” she said, acknowledging that ethnic Russians had taken part in the street revolt that ousted pro-Kremlin president Viktor Yanukovych in February.

The campaign was started by a group of “accomplished” women, said Karpa, including business owners, journalists and writers.

She said the phrase “don’t give it to a Russian” is a modern version of a line in one of the works of hugely popular Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko: “Fall in love, O dark-browed maidens, but not with the Moskaly (Russians).”

“We were inspired by our current situation, the annexation of Crimea, the huge appetite of Mr Putin, who is looking at our eastern border regions.”

The group’s Facebook page, which has garnered more than 2,300 likes, has swept the Internet and was also picked up by popular Russian newspapers.

‘More for us’

Some Russian men derided the plan, while others took offence.

“You shouldn’t ‘give it’ to people who are Soviet-style Putin supporters, not to all Russians. What do Russians have to do with this?… You yourself write this in Russian,” wrote Anton Grigoriev on the Facebook page.

On the Moscow website Lifewews.ru, known for its close links to Russia’s security agencies, a woman called Olga Silayeva wrote: “Don’t sleep with Russian men then, all the more for us.”

Organizers are also selling T-shirts with an image of two hands cupped together which, depending on how you look at it, resembles a prayer pose or a vagina.

“The money goes directly to buy supplies for our poorly financed army, Ukrainian women are trying to help our soldiers,” said Karpa.

The Ukrainian activists join a long line of women from Liberia, Kenya, Togo, Colombia and other countries who have in the past tried to use sex boycotts to sway men from the path of war.

The tradition dates all the way back to ancient Greece and Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata”, in which women refuse to sleep with their men until they end the Peloponnesian war.

The bitter diplomatic crisis over Ukraine has highlighted the fractured identity of a country divided between Russian and Ukrainian speakers.

Karpa said she broke up with her last “imperialistic” Russian boyfriend after a quarrel over Moscow’s invasion of Georgia in 2008.

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17 responses to “No sex please: Ukrainian women protest with no sex for Russian men”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    You SEE Lebanese Ladies … Females DO have power. Use it wisely … never give up.

    1. barabie Avatar

      Except the brave Lebanese men will bash or kill the Lebanese women if they don’t get their way.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The women can call it ‘Jihadi Duty’. Although, I doubt they want a pile of virgins. :-))))

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The women can call it ‘Jihadi Duty’. Although, I doubt they want a pile of virgins. :-))))

      3. Patience2 Avatar
        Patience2

        The women should conceal a small blade and circumcise them about 8 inches from the tip!

        1. barabie Avatar

          That would mean around their asshole considering the average male is 6 inches.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            LOL …..

          2. Patience2 Avatar
            Patience2

            You must be dealing with ‘modest’ males! By the way, there’s a condom size problem in India … the world needs to send them large finger cots as a mercy gesture, speaking of size.

        2. barabie Avatar

          That would mean around their asshole considering the average male is 6 inches.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            LOL …..

          2. Patience2 Avatar
            Patience2

            You must be dealing with ‘modest’ males! By the way, there’s a condom size problem in India … the world needs to send them large finger cots as a mercy gesture, speaking of size.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Barabie will enjoy this poll ….

    “When asked about violence against women, most respondents said that there was never any acceptable reason for it. When a justification was provided, however, it usually involved either the Quran or economic hardship.
    For women, on the other hand, “any use of violence against them means the end of mutual married life, even if it continued unwillingly. A violent husband loses his wife’s admiration, love and trust.”
    The gulf between the answers by men and women to the same basic questions prompted some activists to urge men to be more involved in advocating for women’s rights.
    “We need to change the picture and the way of thinking,” Abaad founder and director Ghida Anani said. “We should see the participation of men in defending women’s rights.”

  3. bypest Avatar

    Ukrainian women denying sex? Have I entered into a parallel universe or what? Ukrainian women are renowned for their sexual promiscuity – they lay themselves for anybody and everybody. It is no wonder how the Jewish mob is able to lure so many young Ukrainian girls away from their homes and into Israel, where the Rabbis molest them on regular occasion.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Dork. Why drag Rabbis into it? They are married, no? I’d assume they pay … even if cheap.
      😉 And that would be because Jewish Princesses learned a long time ago how to control. 🙂
      But you can see the Ukrainians are only denying Russians … thank God. :-))))

      1. bypest Avatar

        Indeed, Rabbis should know better than to break religious law, but they seem to not be able to resist their urges:

        “So, on Thursday afternoons, (boys night out in Israel) busloads of Orthodox Jews travel from Jerusalem, Haifa, and points beyond to Tel Aviv for a few precious moments of passion in a massage parlor, behind a sand dune, or in an alleyway.”

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          5thDrawer

          Sand dune?? Yucchy. They had an open-air one at St. Maarten’s favourite beach, and let me say that blowing sand and oil don’t mix well … although it can add to the ‘exfoliation’ of some aged skin. Which you accept once just for the experience.
          ;-))))

  4. bypest Avatar

    Ukrainian women denying sex? Have I entered into a parallel universe or what? Ukrainian women are renowned for their sexual promiscuity – they lay themselves for anybody and everybody. It is no wonder how the Jewish mob is able to lure so many young Ukrainian girls away from their homes and into Israel, where the Rabbis molest them on regular occasion.

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