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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 13 May 2019

Alyssa Milano calls for sex strike, ignites social media

By IVAN MORENO ing people that we have didn’t bother her and that
Associated Press control over our own bod- her tweet was having her
Actress Alyssa Milano ig- ies and how we use them.” desired effect, “which
nited social media with a She noted that women is getting people to talk
tweet Friday night calling have historically withheld about the war on women.”
for women to join her in a sex to protest or advocate She said she fears one of the
sex strike to protest strict for political reform. She laws could eventually be
abortion bans passed by cited how Iroquois women decided by the conserva-
Republican-controlled leg- refused to have sex in the tive-leaning U.S. Supreme
islatures. The former star 1600s as a way to stop un- Court, which Republicans
of “Charmed” and cur- regulated warfare. Most hope will overturn the 1973
rent cast member of “In- recently, she noted that Li- Roe v. Wade decision le-
satiable,” which is filmed berian women used a sex galizing abortion.
in Georgia, urged women strike in 2003 to demand an “That is absolutely horrifying
in her tweet to stop having end to a long-running civil to me,” Milano said. “Any-
sex “until we get bodily au- war. one who is not completely
tonomy back.” Her tweet Milano received support and totally outraged by this
came days after Georgia from fans and fellow ac- and doesn’t see where this
became the fourth state tress Bette Midler joined her is leading, I think is not tak-
in the U.S. this year to ban in also calling for a sex strike ing this threat seriously.”
abortions once a fetal with her own tweet. But Milano said people have to
heartbeat is detected, both liberals and conserva- determine for themselves
which can be as early as six tives also lampooned her how long the sex strike
weeks, before many wom- idea, with conservatives should last. For her part, she
en know they are preg- praising her for promoting hasn’t decided yet how
nant. abstinence and liberals long she will forgo sex.
“We need to understand saying she was pushing a “I mean I don’t know,”
how dire the situation is false narrative that women In this Jan. 6, 2019 file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the InStyle she said. “I sent a tweet
across the country,” Milano only have sex as a favor to and Warner Bros. Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton last night I haven’t really
told The Associated Press men. Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. thought much past that this
on Saturday. “It’s remind- Milano said the criticism Associated Press morning.”q