Where art thou?

Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues as a drama, and with that in mind she saw that she wanted people to perform and represent the vagina with the essence of a person, giving the vagina a more tangible appearance. And by doing so it allows the member of the audience to either see the vagina from a different perspective or allow the audience to remember that their vagina is as unique as any other.

The most important part of The Vagina Monologues is that is it performed by many different women all over the world just to raise awareness of its existence. Obviously everyone knows what a vagina is but as many of the pages of Ensler’s book say, not all women have fully discovered their vagina’s personality. Having a person performs the character of a vagina helps to see and understand that one particular personality and its characteristics and that is very crucial considering that Ensler says that all vaginas are unique. Each vagina has individual characteristics that are particular to the person they belong to. Those characteristics and that personality is part of every woman and until each woman finds what truly lies between their legs then they will never fully understand themselves.

I am a guy so it is a little harder to for me to understand exactly what the women in this book are talking about and what they have gone through but at the same time I do feel that after reading and getting into the minds of these women that I see what Ensler is doing. To me it makes perfect sense. I know many girls and they are all different, some more than others, but being conscious of their vagina definitely has helped the women I know to better understand themselves. You cannot hid or shun ones vagina but you must accept it as part of you and know that every other woman in the world has one as well, but yours may just be unique to you.