Sex strikes: Stupid, wrong, ineffective

Alyssa Milano is urging women to abstain from sex to protest new state restrictions on abortion. Regardless of our views on this hot-button policy issue, women ought to agree that a “sex strike” is stupid, ineffective, and unnecessary.

First, and most problematically, this type of protest elevates the political above the personal. Who does Milano think we are having sex with? Most sex takes place between committed partners, and partners are likely to have somewhat similar views, if not on all political issues, at least on sex, contraception, and abortion.