Word: ensler
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...Ensler, the creator of the theater production, the Vagina Monologues, spoke last night in the ARCO forum about art's ability to effect change in the political arena...
...Vagina Monologues chronicles stories of a woman's relationship to her vagina, and draws its material from Ensler's interviews with two hundred women of all ages and origins...
...producton is more true to Ensler's text when it displays and examines the vagina in all its facets. From abuse, mutilation and rape to pleasure, birth and homosexual domination, The Vagina Monologues explores the life-changing events that one's vagina must endure. But even here, the current production seems to diverge from Ensler's intentions. While this Valentine's Day performance at Harvard was part of a collective campaign including 300 other colleges and universities nationwide to end sexual violence against women, this production seems to focus heavily on the "sexual" end of the spectrum, overlooking much...
...itself centers on the sexual differences between men and women. The program notes even include a section devoted to why the X chromosome is thousands of times more useful, bigger, and better than the Y chromosome: "Gentlemen, I'm afraid it's true, size does make a difference". If Ensler's goal was to simply state that women are better than men are, these statements might have been relevant, but this seems contrary to Ensler's stated intent and to portions of the text itself...
...According to Ensler, The Vagina Monologues is meant to inform the world about the sexual injustices forced upon women by society. Her aim was not so much to declare a feminist boycott against men as to educate women about the beauty of their own femininity. Unfortunately, the current production often loses sight of this perspective throughout the performance. The production even seems to perpetuate the hatred of men at times, leaving behind the opened-minded ideas of discovery, tolerance, and understanding...