The women of Barbacoas, Colombia have launched a sex strike in their town in an effort to get the inadequate — and dangerous — road that links the town to the main province paved. For over a month now, the women have withheld all sexual activity in a protest that has been coined the “crossed leg movement.”
While it may seem that road construction might not be of immediate concern to some, it turns out that the unpaved road has become a dangerous hazard for the community for a variety of reasons. For one, the town is in a volatile area of the country that is affected by ongoing guerrilla and paramilitary attacks. Without a safe and direct route out of the town, the entire community suffers. In addition, because of the unpaved road the cost of food is five or six times that of other areas of the country.
The unpaved road has also led to many deaths. Often times in emergencies, ambulances get stuck in the mud and are unable to reach people in time. Judge Marybell Silva, a spokesperson for the movement, has experienced this reality first hand. “I personally had to see a 23-year-old pregnant woman die along with her unborn baby just because the ambulance got stuck on the road and could not reach [the capital of the region]. That’s when I knew we had to do something.”
source: www.care2.com
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