One of the themes in Lysistrata is obedience. The women are no longer willing to be subservient to the men. This shocks the men when the women are vocal about their discontent, and willing to fight about it if necessary. They are giving up the usual, traditional roles of wife and mother to fight.
Another theme is that of sex. The women are using sex as a weapon to fight the men. They band together and withhold sex in an attempt to weaken the men and have them give in. It is one of the few true weapons that these women have in their arsenal.
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