Reuters is reporting:

That tired of the constant killing (480 murders just last year), the girlfriends and wives of gang members in the Colombian city of Pereira have called a ban on sex to persuade their mates to give gun violence. They are calling it the “crossed legs” strike and this is one picket line I we’d like to see crossed, but not with “scabs”!

After meeting with the mayor’s office to discuss a disarmament program, a group of women decided to deny their partners their conjugal rights and recorded a song for local radio to urge others to follow their example.

“We met with the wives and girlfriends of gang members and they were worried some were not handing over their guns and that is where they came up with the idea of a vigil or a sex strike,” mayor’s office representative Julio Cesar Gomez said.

“The message they are giving them is disarm or if not then they will decide how, when, where and at what time,” he told Reuters by telephone.

Could this be a road map for peace in other regions of the world or is it unique to smokin’ hot Columbia women?

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