 In September 2006 dozens of wives and girlfriends of gang members from Pereira, Colombia, started a sex strike called "La huelga de las piernas cruzadas" ("the strike of crossed legs") to curb gang violence, in response to 480 deaths due to gang violence in the coffee region.According to spokeswoman Jennifer Bayer, the specific target of the strike was to force gang members to turn in their weapons in compliance with the law.According to them, many gang members were involved in violent crime for status and sexual attractiveness, and the strike sent the message that refusing to turn in the guns was not sexy.