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The Colin McEnroe Show

Why some women ‘boycott’ men, from Ancient Greece to the 4B Movement

Nov 19, 2024
49:00

Some women in the United States are adopting the 4B Movement from South Korea: no marriage, no childbirth, no dating, and no sex. This hour we take stock of that movement globally, and the history of other similar movements, including one depicted in an ancient Greek play, Lysistrata.

GUESTS: 

  • Min Joo Lee: Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Occidental College
  • Cécile Simmons: Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue focusing on gender, extremism and digital culture. Her forthcoming book is Ctrl Hate Delete: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It
  • Tania Shew: Research fellow at the University of Oxford, who has a book under contract tentatively titled Sex Strikes and Suffragettes 
  • Elizabeth Bobrick: Visiting Scholar in Wesleyan’s Department of Classical studies

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