Monday, 3 March 2014

The Vagina Monologues



     Author                      Eve Ensler

     Country                    United States         

     Genre                       Drama

     Publication Date     1996

     Pages                        185








I had watched this play years ago with my husband; and hence; when I came across the book at the library; I was more than tempted to pick it up.

An interesting and different perspective is what this book has to offer. It's asks some poignant questions and puts to shame some of our accepted behaviors. The discomfort that most of us as women have with exploring or even knowing our own vaginas is appalling. To make it worse; how many of us have even used this word with our friends or parents? And that's the root of the issue: the belief that this is not such a great thing to talk openly about. 

It's difficult to write a review about this book and do justice to what Eve Ensler presents so passionately in this book after having interviewed hundreds of women.

Eve Ensler's work in bringing vaginas to discussion is exemplary and being a survivor of sexual harassment herself, she has also done some awesome work with her organization 'V-Day' which focuses on women who are victims of such crimes. 

I would, thus suffice myself by saying that this book is an eye opener - go pick it up and if you can, catch the play at your local theatre (they are still running this actively across many countries). 

A feminist at heart (an old LSR legacy), I was put to shame by some of the questions that the book asks and I choose not to reveal those here! 




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