The Kenyan Sex Boycott

It's no secret that traditional diplomacy often falls short. Nations break treaties, shuttle diplomacy often falls by the wayside and everyone goes back to fighting. But all that may change with the brainchild of Kenyan lawyer, Patricia Nyaundi. Modeling her premise after the 2,000 year-old smash hit Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Nyaundi proposed that Kenyan women boycott sex with their husbands for seven days to protest the political unrest in that country.

In the end, it helped bring the nation's opposing forces back together. Kenyan citizen James Kimodo, however, claimed the ban caused stress, mental anguish, backaches and sleepless nights and sued the women's organization for spearheading the movement.

Imagine what a stellar world this would be if nations used this tact instead of trotting out diplomats with Blackberries and three-piece suits. Yes, there would be lots of frayed nerves, bloodshot eyes and headaches in the time being, but there would also be less fighting and fewer wars in the end, so it the ends would justify the means.

As an added bonus, sociologists could also chart the birth rates in nations participating in the ban. This would work well in a country like Finland, which has one of the lowest birth rates on the planet, if they ever started fighting anyone.