The genre of this piece of literature is drama, meaning that Ensler wrote these monologues to be performed. Why do you think she wants vaginas to be publicly performed? Why does she want vaginas to be physically embodied? What effect does this have on the way we see and think of vaginas?
I believe Ensler wrote the vagina monologues to spread awareness. Ensler wrote this play to empower women. In the forward I became very aware of the reason she wrote this novel. The forward opened my eyes to make me realize that women are afraid and even sometimes ashamed when it comes to the word vagina. “I learned that females possessed the only organ in the human body with no function other than to feel pleasure. (If such an organ were unique to the male body, can you imagine how much we would hear about it-and what it would be used to justify). This quote made me realize that if men had this organ they would embrace it and even go around bragging about it. I think this play was read and publically performed to allow women to take back their dignity and to love all parts of themselves even their vagina no matter how it is. “Vagina” is a word that is used in jokes all the time as well as many slang terms for it. “Symbolic or real, it’s all devoted to controlling the power that resides in the female body” Ensler wants us to embrace our body and know that everyone is embarrassed or ashamed about the vagina, and that shouldn’t be because that is not right it is a part of us and that is not fair. “I wish my foremothers had known their bodies were sacred. With the help of outrageous voices and honest words like those in this book, I believe the grandmothers, mothers, and daughters of the future will heal their selves- and mend the world.” I think with awareness we can take back the embarrassment and with awareness we can also empower ourselves to not be afraid to use the word “vagina”.
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