Spike Lee thinks that his new film, Chi-raq, is infectious and that itβll inspire college students to withhold sex from their partners as a way to denounce sexual assault incidents on college campuses nationwide.Β
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He described all of this duringΒ an interviewΒ with Stephen Colbert onΒ The Late Show.Β
βI think that a sex strike could really work on college campuses where thereβs an abundance of sexual harassments and date rapes,β Lee argued.
Chi-raq, which has a limited release Dec. 4, is based on the Greek playΒ Lysistrata, which tells the story of Greek women who went on a sex strike to stop their husbands from fighting in a war. Β Β
Lee said that the football strike that University of Missouri football players pulled off successfully is testament to the power of college students and an activist spirit that has captured college students across the nation.Β
βYou know what happened at the University of Missouri, where the football players got together and said, βUnless the president of Missouri resigns, weβre not going to playβ?β Lee asked Colbert.
βI think [something similar will] work. Second semester, itβs gonna happen. Once people come back from Christmas and some stuff jumps off, thereβs gonna be sex strikes on universities and colleges across this country. I believe it,β he said.Β
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