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CNN Writer Suggests Women Go On A ‘Sex Strike’ Ahead Of The Midterm Elections

Emily Zanotti

A writer for CNN’s opinion section suggested Saturday that women should consider withholding “service sex” from their partners in order to influence them to vote for “women’s equality” in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Wednesday Martin, whom CNN bills as a “cultural critic,” writes on the news network’s “CNN opinion” site that women, now more than ever, need to reclaim the power they wield through sexual intercourse to force men to confront gender inequality. Somehow, Martin posits, this will eventually lead to a more equitable society (though, it seems, her premise seems to rely on women believing in lockstep that “voting for Democrats” is a path to “equality”).

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