The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The vagina monologues are a series of speakers talking about their
experience with vaginas. Not just their experience with their own
vaginas, but all of the ones they come in contact with in the real world
around them.
McIntosh
The vagina monologues is about women who discover themselves in a way
that makes them appreciate themselves and their bodies. I feel that this
relates to McIntosh because she used the article that we read to
explain how Caucasian people have been conditioned to look past the
privileges brought on by their skin color. Many men don't realize that
they have privileges brought onto them because of the fact that they
have male anatomy.
Delpit
There
are many different codes of power in the world. A highly prominent
code of power is men being seen as better than women. Men have always
been seen as higher beings where as women have been seen as less than.
This has created a stigma about women, their bodies, and their
sexuality. Men have often been praised for having sex or for not having
sex. Women are more likely to be judged for what they do with their
bodies. If they don't have sex they are prudes. If they do have sex they
are whores. Based on what they wear they can either be slutty or overly
conservative. Many times, no matter what a woman does, they are always
in the wrong.
August
Many
of those who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community are lacking the support
that is necessary for them to be comfortable and confident with how
they feel and who they truly are. Many don't have a space where they can
talk about the daily struggles they face. August believes that safe
spaces should be present and available in schools or other public
settings for all that require them. The Vagina Monologues touched on the
fact that many of those who told their stories didn't have those safe
spaces and explained what they went through without them.
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