The Vagiana Monologues

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On Saturday evening I attended Xavier University Theatre Department’s production of The Vagiana Monologues. The show was based around various interviews with all types of women. The interviews were about these women’s vagianas. The monologues ranged from that of an older woman who had never experienced an orgasm, a woman who found love for her vagina at a vagina workshop, rape survivors, women who had “politically incorrect” awakenings about their vaginas, homeless women and sex workers. These monologues ranged from laugh out loud funny, to heartwarming to heart wrenching. One monologue performance stuck with me, because of the heartbreaking story. The story of a woman who had been raped for seven days by seven men while in a war zone. First it struck me because of our viewing of the Hunting Ground recently in class. …show more content…

They are raped in war zones, and by the people that are supposed to protect them and by complete strangers. Hearing the story of this women who experienced so much gendered violence, rape, genital mutilation, be disconnected from her vagina hurt me. Particularly because she once loved her vagina, once appreciated her vagina, and now she felt fear and disgust when thinking of her vagina. The second reason this monologue struck me was because of the style of performance. It felt like it had come right from Dear Sister. It angers me that in our society women are conditioned to hate our vaginas while men are supposed to find pride in their penises. We are taught that “no one is supposed to

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