Lysistrata Post 3

It is obvious that a majority of the time throughout Lysistrata, Aristophanes puts most of his comical focus on the actions of the females. Through their plots, such as their major plans of holding out on sex towards their husbands and then they're taking over of one of the most crucial buildings to the society, Aristophanes mocks them with the general stereotype of females being out of power, being less intelligent, and acting on perhaps unnecessary circumstance. Being known for practicing comedy within his pieces as frequently as he did, of course this aspect of this story is where most of the comical standpoint is drawn from. Even considering that women did effectively achieve their task by the ending, making their husbands do whatever to end the sex withhold, their actions is still where Aristophanes places most of the ridicule.

However, at the same time I believe Aristophanes also places ridicule on his own sex as well. There is no more proof of this than how he portrayed Kinesias in multiple scenarios throughout the story, such as the scene with him and Myrrhine or simply being a poor father and a misogynist. In the scene with Myrrhine she fooled him by refusing to let him touch her while he is absolutely desperate for sex at that time. He is the epitome of the negative aspects of men and their negatively impacting decisions within the story. Therefore it is clear that Aristophanes is trying to place ridicule on both parties involved, being a comedy writer as it is since he applies such a large role of simplicity and naivety to a man.