i just wish i get in the jv team! that's all i'm asking for. i just want to join this for the sake of losing weight and learning something new. haha! it sounds funny, but it's true.
this morning, i had a mini presentation for my english class. i made an essay about this satirical play and book called
the vagina monologue. i really think it's funny. please give me some comments. lol
The play,
The Vagina Monologue, by Eve Ensler is an example of a satire. This play talks about vaginas in different categories based on the circumstances they are in. Also, the characters in this play talk from the vagina perspective. Moreover, Eve Ensler is an activist and a feminist who goes around the world promoting opposition to women abuse. She based the play on the interviews she had done with the women around the world. For example, there is a vagina in the play that was in the Bosnian war and she said, “They took turns for seven days smelling like feces and smoked meat. They left their dirty sperm inside me and I became a river of poison and puss.” Also, there are questions in the play like, “If your vagina could sing, what song would it sing?” Because The Vagina Monologue discusses the inequalities that women go through in an indirect manner, the play is satirical. Instead of just straightly delivering the message in a literal way, Eve Ensler makes use of vaginas as a clever way or a ridiculous way to represent the subject of the message to grab the attention of all the people. Vaginas are being used as representations since women have them and this is what the whole thing is about, women.
The underlying message in this play is brought out to everyone, not only women but also the men because the message is not a localized conflict; the message is a universal conflict. The conflict here is all the women who are victims of domestic violence. Wherever you are, there must be a victim of domestic violence. This play is not trying to make fun of vaginas, but it is trying to empower women through vaginas. In almost all the cultures or let’s just say around the world, men are superior and women are inferior. This is an ongoing practice that we have been brought up to. Eventually, we get use to it and we learn to accept it. We do not even bother to do something about it. All these are not right for us to do. Just like vaginas, women are very precious; thus, it must be respected and taken care of. Rape is just one way of showing disrespect. And again, rape is nothing new to us. It is very ubiquitous. In an interview with Eve Ensler, she tells a story about women’s bodies being sold. Older women goes around $100 and younger women being more expensive goes around $200. This is just another horrendous way of showing disrespect. Eve Ensler herself was a victim of domestic violence. The sad truth is that it was her father who abused her.
