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Spike Lee's Chiraq: Can Women Really End Violence By Boycotting Sex?

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By now you have heard that Spike Lee's controversial film about Chicago gun violence, "Chiraq" is a take off from the old Greek play "Lysistrata" in which the women unite to withhold sex from the men until they agree to a truce and end the war. A special premier of the film is scheduled for the Chicago Theater this Sunday at 7pm. Today's guests, some of whom participated in the filming of Chiraq here in Chicago, will look at the film's message - women who unite to withhold sex from their gangbanging men to stop the killing on Chicago's streets. With all of the latest tragic shootings, taking the lives of innocent young people, is this a strategy women ought to consider? City officials have accused Spike Lee of making light of the situation with his film, but what do film participants think? What do you think of the idea? Could women stop violence with a sex boycott? 

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