Sexism under the Sea

Stanley the seahorse was on the verge of breakdown, and he wasn't alone. All the male seahorses at the coral reef had had enough. This sexism had gone too far. It was time for a revolution.
Centuries of oppression had come to their zenith. Female seahorses were tyrannical; they allowed the males no rights, no liberties. They had no vote, no right to work. No voice. They were second-class citizens, who inherited nothing, owned nothing, controlled nothing. The society was matriarchal to the extreme. Sexual harassment was rife.

It was time to make a stand. They formed a union. They had protests. They created petitions and wrote letters to  M.P.s. They threw themselves in front of race seahorses. But none of it seemed to work. Whilst the women were in power, nothing would change. Things would remain the way they had been for thousands of years. What could be done?

Then Stanley had an idea.
They could refuse to reproduce.
Who would carry the forward the race if they weren't producing progeny?

It was genius. All of the male seahorses were on board. No sex until they had equal rights. No pregnancy until they ceased to be seen as second-class citizens. No babies until they had the vote.

The females took a while to cotton on. After all, the males were never that keen on all that malarky anyway. Always 'too tired', never 'in the mood'. But slowly, surely, they began to realise something was up. And that was when the seaweed hit the propeller.

Suddenly, the males had a voice. The females could no longer oppress or ignore them. Husbands turned their backs on wives, boyfriends on girlfriends, brothels were shut down. The road was long and rocky; rapes were not unheard of, though the men still lacked the power to prosecute the perpetrators. But finally, after weeks of uproar, the Seahorse President announced that the constitution had been amended. Men were equal citizens. They could vote, work, divorce, inherit. And finally, the men relinquished, and the women rejoiced. It took a long time before true equality was found, but eventually, an end was put to sexism under the sea.