The Monologues....!

Before I start with my analysis I would like to state that "The Vagina Monologues" has been a very interesting and fun experience to read so far. I've always been the type of person that watches a movie of a story rather that reading the story so I wouldn't say that I am in love with reading. The fact that I found pleasure in reading Ensler's story speaks levels about her creativity and her fearlessness in writing about such a subject. "The Vagina Monologues" has been enjoyable to me because it's different. Before reading this I really didn't think much about the word "vagina" but, I knew it was a word that has at least seemed to make women uncomfortable... Seemed being the key word. With that being said...

The word "vagina" is technically the same in context as the word "penis" except one describes a male organ and one describes a female. However, the two words end up being completely different. There are always stories of guys debating over their penis size and trying to build themselves up around friends talking about how "big" their's is. With women however, we never hear them talk about their vaginas. Not ever can I remember hearing a woman speak about her vagina. It's like the word vagina is forbidden or like it has a bad meaning or something. Ensler hits it right on the head when she says the words sounds like "an infection at best."

After reading "The Vagina Monolgues" it seems as if Ensler's purpose for language is to show that vaginas are not a dark, gloomy place like everyone has them out to be. It seems like her purpose is to show how graceful and a vagina can truly be to a woman. In the monologues Ensler has the interviews that she had with women and in most of them, the women that truly noticed and got to discover their vagina loved it and saw how important the vagina is.
I think Ensler's purpose of the monologues is to gain some respect for vaginas and bring them to the same level as that of the penis. From pages 35 to 40 Ensler writes recollections from women on when they got their period the first time and how they wanted their period. In this I think she just wanted to show how much a girl has to actually deal with her vagina, from a young age. How much of a pain the period can be. For young boys and men, we never think about our penis or how we have to watch out for it once a month. Though Ensler doesn't directly say it, I think what she means to insinuate through "The Vagina Monologues" is how unique the vagina is and it's meaning in the world and to women in general. Not what WE think of the vagina, but what the vagina actually stands for.