The Vagina Monologues is a wonderful performance by local students in a community that informs the attending audience about real life stories from women; these students take on the personality and emotions of these women from their stories. This performance is part of a big movement known globally as the activist movement to end violence against women and girls; it is also a way to empower women. The Vagina Monologues are also performed to inform other women that they are not alone in any feelings they may have about being a women or thoughts about their vagina. From beginning to end The Vagina Monologues was anything but boring and the performers covered a wide range of women’s stories with distinctive issues. The main acts that caught my …show more content…
This sorrowful story was about an elderly lady that lived her life embarrassed about her vagina after a terrible date she had as a teenager. On a night out with her date this unfortunate woman was overcome with a sexual arousal symptom of vaginal discharge, in her dates car seat this discharge comes flooding out of this woman’s vagina and forever terrifying her for any future relationships, forever worrying that this act may happen again. This woman’s story was an eye opener for me because of the fact that she had no idea what or why this symptom was occurring and that she had never told anyone about her disturbing experience. This just indicated that back in her time these issues where not open for discussion. People were not educated about the biological side of genitalia and this makes me very grateful for my era having the ability to have a class like Human Sexuality, to inform students about issues just like this woman …show more content…
This particular performance was about a woman who was a lawyer that turned into a female dominatrix. Through her experience from sex with men, she found it lacking of her true sexual desire, the moan. Finally her struggle was over when she found sex with women to be more satisfying. From here she made a commitment to woman and herself to give them pleasure through their moans. At this time during the performance the performers gave the audience detailed sounds of different types of moaning that women often do. I found this act to be the most hilarious, along with the other audience members, because the moans from the performers were so overly dramatic yet accurate. This was a great way to uplift the mood of the performance after the other disheartening
...perceived. Therefore, she uses her writing to give women a voice and to speak out against the unfairness they endure. As a result, Cisneros’ story “Woman Hollering Creek” demonstrates a distinction between the life women dream of and the life they often have in reality.
Butler, Judith. "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory." Theatre Journal 40.4 (1988): 519-31. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Web. 11 May 2011.
Angela Carter’s ” The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories” is a collection of short stories written in the style of traditional fairy tales. The thrust of these stories is the objectification of women. Carter uses the fairy tale style as a way of exploring female power, desire and sexuality and adeptly uses the fantasy framework to explore feminist ideas.
Considering that traditional society looked down on women as inferior to men, the female roles in each work challenge the status quo and make their audiences’ eyes wearier to the society they might have previously backed without question.
On a cold, brisk Tuesday night, I attended the musical called Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. Urinetown was held in Rowand-Johnson Hall, at the Marian Gallaway Theatre. As I quickly walked in the entrance, I noticed that people were wearing casual attire. I gave the usher my ticket and walked to my seat. This time my seat was located up at the front so I had a great view of the stage. This particular theatre is my favorite, it is very open and you can see from every seat. This musical is known to be a musical comedy which deals with different themes, unique text, and extraordinary technical elements.
While female solidarity and partnership is at the center of Bande de filles, throughout the film, male opposition stands as its dividing factor. The benefits of women helping and building up other women become instrumental to the progressions within Bande de filles on multiple occasions. Sciamma (the film’s director) understanding that “[s]ame-sex friendships [provided] a dedicated space for women to give each other mutual support on gender issues…[and that] these friendships provide support during the process of breaking with gender conventions… [diminishing] women’s feelings of isolation or marginality (Bachmann 177)” became pivotal to individual and the collective female growth in Bande de filles. Furthermore, female solidarity allows for individual growth and exploration in a safe and understanding space, lead and directed by women for women. Throughout
Theatre is an art form that has been shared across cultures for hundreds of years. This art form is extremely versatile in the types of plays, such as comedic, tragedy, and many other genres. Although theatre is thought of a form of entertainment, playwrights have seized the opportunity to inject political opinions into the play to inform the audience about present issues in their lives. Issues that playwrights have incorporated into plays have included stories that people may not be ready to hear but it encourages the audience to look inside themselves and assess their moral standing on certain issues. One subject that has been incorporated into many plays throughout the last century is women’s issues. These plays have challenged the way women
The narrator and her husband’s interactions shows her as submissive in terms of gender equality. Although John perceives the narrator as a child with no volunteer ideas, it is shown in her journal that this theory is not valid because she was shaped to comply by the society and the norm. The narrator’s inferiority negatively impacts her mental and physical health to the point she had to rip off the wallpaper to break free. Nevertheless, when read critically, the story also unveil the women’s suffrage movement and its struggle. Since this story was published, women are slowly breaking away from men’s suppression and gaining more rights. In short, society and culture define gender roles; however, the changing economic, social, and education environment open up a new path for women. Nowadays, women are given the chance to prove themselves and can act beyond their gender roles. However, the equality between genders has not been achieved yet. Therefore, women should continue to fight for their rights and freedoms until they are treated with respect and enjoy
The performance sets up the scene with the female dancers dressed as prominent women throughout history such as Rosie the Riveter, Nillie Bly, Mother Teresa, Amelia Earhart, and Florence Nightingale. The women take turns in the spotlight, using their movements to tell their story and significance in history. The story of Amelia Earhart was told symbolically through the performer’s actions. The audience are introduced to Earhart’s love of flying and her aspirations to be a renown female pilot through the performer’s imitation as a graceful plane flying across the stage with glee. However, her story takes a dark turn when she embarks on a quest to prove herself as a capable pilot in spite of being a woman. We see her downfall when her character, as a plane, struggles to stay in flight and eventually tumbles and falls, exiting the stage soon after to show her mysterious disappearance during her quest. The performer playing as Earhart succeeded in portraying her story and her downfall. The dancer’s performance as Earhart was followed by another significant performance which was the dance of Mother Teresa, who took the spotlight with her reserved yet expressive dances. During her dance, Mother Teresa made a notable move where she wanders the stage and places a hand on each of the women in a caring way, like a mother would do to her child. This action she performed in her dance
In a world where the vast majority of cultures are patriarchal, in response to traditional structures, women often find themselves at war in their minds, hearts and in their own actions. 'Yellow woman' and 'The story of an hour' are examples of how women struggle in a male domintaed society. In these two stories, the women fnd themselves wrestling with thoughts and emotions that our society consider unacceptable. The following statements ,ay be asked and considered of these women:
Led by Laura Mulvey, feminist film critics have discussed the difficulty presented to female spectators by the controlling male gaze and narrative generally found in mainstream film, creating for female spectators a position that forces them into limited choices: "bisexual" identification with active male characters; identification with the passive, often victimized, female characters; or on occasion, identification with a "masculinized" active female character, who is generally punished for her unhealthy behavior. Before discussing recent improvements, it is important to note that a group of Classic Hollywood films regularly offered female spectators positive, female characters who were active in controlling narrative, gazing and desiring: the screwball comedy.
First, in the Vagina Monologues were exemplified how women’s life were deteriorated by their husband.
The piece in this series that really caught my attention was the Female Rejection (Fig. 2) where she metaphorically rejects her role in femininity and celebrates herself as an assertive woman. The piece comes from the midst of Chicago’s use of what she calls the “central core” or blatant focal point of the work. In Female Rejection an objective vagina acts as the central core for this piece framed with (what seems to be) flower petals descending into the center, drawing and locking the eye onto the focal point of the vagina. The work not only celebrates the anatomy of a woman but masculinity that can be found in women rejecting the normative femininity that is inherently associated with women today. Judy Chicago is a wonderful female feminist artist who has begun to create a community of fellow feminist artists as to add members to the movement to strive for equality within the art world, as well as creating some pretty stellar pieces that have their own place in feminist art history. Judy Chicago is one woman to watch and it will be interesting as to how she incorporates her vaginal imagery into later works that have yet to
The Vagina Monologues is a compilation of monologues written by Eve Ensler in which all the monologues deal with the vagina. It includes everything women around the world deal with whether it is humorous, tragic or disturbing. Including sex, rape, menstruation, masturbation, orgasm, even the comfort level women have with their own body. Some have stated that The Vagina Monologues has been celebrated as the bible for a new generation of women. I would have to agree with such a statement. Yes, in part this was meant to be funny and connect with women all over but it is also meant to let women know that have been abused and raped that it is not ok but everything will be ok. Not to mention, create ongoing awareness out that it is not acceptable for people to do this to anyone and that violence against women has to stop.
Explaining she’d always hated her vagina, she admitted that the story of accepting herself wasn’t though the ideal self enlightenment one would hope for. After Bob became captivated by her vagina and spoke of how beautiful and deep she was, the woman eventually started seeing those attributes herself. She discovered that self acceptance through a man that saw her beauty immediately. I enjoyed this monologue a lot because it talks about self acceptance in a way that’s different, and a little haphazard. Not everyone can come to love themselves in such an unreasonably expected, as she said “politically correct” way.