Episode 82 - “Let’s Lysistrata The Men” - Roe v. Wade, Sex Strikes, and Chainsaws

The podcast is getting heated this week! Rowan explains why the world keeps referencing the Ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” in the wake of Judge Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

She also teaches us about the history of sex strikes, Romania’s Decree 770 outlawing abortion, and how the chainsaw was actually invented for use in childbirth.

Sources

Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473

The Outrage

https://www.the-outrage.com/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Ceau%C8%99escu#Leadership_of_Romania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphysiotomy

Vox

https://www.vox.com/2022/5/3/23054543/supreme-court-roe-wade-abortion-samuel-alito-overruled-draft-politico

AJMC

https://www.ajmc.com/view/for-national-women-s-health-week-one-company-emphasizes-cardiovascular-risk-management

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/symphysiotomy

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties

https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/symphysiotomy-ireland/2875

Slate

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/the-alarming-implications-of-alitos-domestic-supply-of-infants-footnote.html

Nursing Clio

https://nursingclio.org/2016/05/31/the-torture-began-symphysiotomy-and-obstetric-violence-in-modern-ireland/

https://nursingclio.org/2022/05/10/abortion-rights-and-the-eugenic-and-racist-origins-of-having-it-all/

https://nursingclio.org/2022/01/20/an-untold-story-black-maternal-mortality-in-the-united-states/

National Library of Medicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727302/

The Pharmacy Times

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-helping-childbirth-not-cutting-wood-2018-6#:~:text=Two%20doctors%20invented%20the%20chainsaw%20in%201780%20to%20make%20the,that%20wound%20in%20an%20oval.

ForeignPolicy.com

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/16/what-actually-happens-when-a-country-bans-abortion-romania-alabama/

Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/legacy-of-romania-s-contraception-ban-lives-on-1.958842

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/10/-sp-ceausescus-children

Cambridge.org

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/aristophanes-lysistrata-the-liberian-sex-strike-and-the-politics-of-reception/4D1F9C68D0C500C9993D5D5BDF109618

Quartz

https://qz.com/958346/history-shows-that-sex-strikes-are-a-surprisingly-effective-strategy-for-political-change/

Course Hero

https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Lysistrata/things-you-didnt-know/

Ancient Literature

https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_lysistrata.html

The Journal

https://www.thejournal.ie/symphysiotomy-uncat-1356352-Nov2014/