The Vagina Monologues is a poetic play which brings the injustices which women are subjected to and/or force to abide with into the open; whiles encouraging women to resist and recover from these abuses. Such injustice includes gender-based violence including rape, spouse abuse, and sex trafficking; along with pressure from the society to achieve a stereotypic body type.The discussion of these injustices have always been suppressed or shunned upon in many cultures. However, it is only when these matters are boldly brought into the open that, as a society, we can work together to correct them.
I was born and bred in Ghana, West Africa. Being a woman in this community requires one to assimilate to the stereotypic description of a perfect body,
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In the family, the man makes the final decision regardless of what every other person thinks. In the absence of the father, the son actually takes up the decision making role even when an elder and definitely wiser woman is present .Unfortunately some men, desiring to maintain that “manhood”, take advantage of the submissiveness of women and begin to abuse them. For example in the Celia Monologue, Celia was married to a soldier, who could not cope with the traumatizing situations which he was involved in during the war. Since the society requires men to “man up” crying or talking to a therapist about his emotional battles will discredit his “manhood”. I guess in order to remind themselves that they are still men, most married men begin to abuse their wives. As Celia mentioned, her husband,“...Will grab [her] by the back of [her] hair and just throw [her] up against the car just to remind [her] of who is the boss…”. Showing his wife that he is the boss allows him to align with the societal view of a man being strong and superior. Unfortunately in most societies, abused women are viewed as not being submissive enough. Some women go even further to blame themselves for the …show more content…
In a discussion with a group of people belonging to a religious organization, it was made known that women cannot teach/preach in their gatherings. According to them,women are not worthy to stand in front of men and teach. Furthermore, “A woman should not even cook for her husband during her menstrual periods” thus painting a picture that classifies femininity as
The vagina monologue was about learning about your vagina because most girls don’t know about what is going on with their body. They interview different women and asked them questions about their vagina like “how would you dress it” , “What would it say” and more. Some other key points were that each person told a story of how they were raped and how they didn’t want to look at their selves after that happen to them but, also it was mainly about womanhood and informing the audience about violence
Without going into too much detail the vagina monologues was an event held in COB 102 on Sunday afternoon. The Vagina monologues was talk, for the most part filled with many woman who shared personal stories about their sexuality and experiences. Not to get into to the nitty gritty details of this women’s experiences, but they were stories told by women in some sort of interviewed fashion. The anecdotes/ stories from each woman varied from each woman’s experiences because every woman is different
I went to the Vagina Monologues on March 30th. It was truly one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever witness on this campus. There was about *** acts about different women’s stories about being a women. My favorite story was the one about the length of a skirt because I could relate with it the most. The premise of the short story/poem was to explain that a woman’s worth has nothing to do with the length of her skirt. In addition, it does not give men the right to rape them. I had always
The Power of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues When Obie award-winning author and playwright, Eve Ensler, began collecting testimonials from women across the country regarding their experiences with sexuality, she had no idea what would eventually occur as a result of her innovative ideas. Ensler gathered 200 monologues from women, and wove them into a play that represents the strength and vitality of female sexuality. The Vagina Monologues were first performed in the basement of New York
I attended the Vagina Monologues on Monday February 27th. It was very informative and intriguing event. There were moments where I would laugh, while other moments I shed a tear. This event involved 5 women sitting in chairs side by side. Each one told a story of who they were portraying to be. One story involved rape, one was about an old lady, another was about a preexisting lawyer, and many others. Their attire consisted of coordinated black white and red attire. They all had their own specific
The Vagina Monologues “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." Empowerment, not solely of oneself, however of all who are suffering as a whole is the ideal concept that women around the world are attempting to achieve. Girls are taught to be silent, to smile, to keep your legs crossed, to sit up straight, to act like a lady. The behaviors that women are taught to possess are a construct of society
The play, The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler, is a piece that discusses several vagina experiences that any given woman can relate to; regardless of their race, age, or sexual orientation. Ensler tells vagina related stories through the lens of a spectrum of women in the form of personal, detailed, and sometimes humorous monologues that pertain to subjects of rape, orgasms, birth, genital mutilation, both pride and shame in sexuality, masturbation, body image, love, and sex. In writing
The Vagina Monologues The first community engagement event I attended was called “The Vagina Monologues” which took place on February 17th, 2016. The event was held in the HUB room 302, was hosted by the UC Riverside Woman’s Resource Center, and began at 7pm. When I arrived I was a bit hesitant to go because all of my female friends who I had invited to come with me had class obligations that night and although the flyer had said everyone was welcome, I couldn’t help but feel I would be out of place
Vagina Monologue Script Response 1. Describe the physical world of the play (Answer should be about 200 words): The physical world in the play is very normal. Given that the monologue is taken from accounts of various women from all over the world, there is no real thought of the physical world. The play focuses on the internal emotions and thoughts of a broad spectrum of women, it’s hard to really pinpoint elements such as time, interior, and exterior. I would say that there isn’t a constraint
meetings, and one on one meeting with Som. I took up a lead on existing programs and events like Who Needs Feminism? , Equal Pay Day, volunteer training, and presentations. I helped out with events such as The Vagina Monologues, Take back the Night, Gender Equity awards, The Gender Monologues. Additionally, I created my own program in the honor of the International Women’s Day. Who Needs Feminism? is an international movement trying to encourage individuals to find their reason for needing feminism
When first given this assignment, I was dreading it. I did not think that I would have enough to time to truly dive into the research needed to discover if UNCW was the correct school for me. The following paper exams all aspects of UNCW; the campus, academics and the social life. In doing this research I hope to confirm that UNCW is the best option to gain my Recreational Therapy degree in. In order to do this, I collected data from a plethora of people, places and events. I interviewed a current
Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” displays experiences from women who are interviewed whilst Eve presents the inspirational stories of some women on their behalf. Many identities have been introduced while some overlap each other. Of the identities presented in the film, many are shared by several vaginas simultaneously. Eve states that the foundations of the monologues are based on the interviews she ordained. The content of the monologues consist of direct records of women’s stories that she
thoroughly did enjoy the watching The Vagina Monologues, but since I have heard so much about it before I thought it was going to better. Like I said in-group, I have read a book called Panza Monologues that had to do with women’s bellies. I read the book for a Chicano class and the book was really funny and we actually had the opportunity to meet the author. I felt like I related to the book, because of the cultural aspects that were included. With the vagina monologues I was able to relate of course,
Eve Ensler, the author of The Vagina Monologues, writes a novel discussing all there is to talk about when it comes to vagina's. This might sound odd to most but to me makes total sense in todays society. Sex is becoming more and more popular in younger ages, talked about in movies, magazines, commercials exedra however, the word "vagina" is still seen as a taboo word, even for women. I chose to watch the HBO monologues that included the one, two and three episodes. These episodes talked about various
men.(not done) Around the 1900’s men believe they are still empowered than women as they still are to this day. Not only do men believe that women should cook, clean etc, but they also believe that need to shave their vagina very frequently. Such as in the drama “The Vagina Monologue” by Eve Ensler. In the 1990’s society especially