by: Tri Nguyen
It is very interesting the way a vagina is described as another living person that is part of the woman. It explains why her vagina is angry from the many situations that it is put through such as tampons, doctor exams, and even sex. The vagina has its own personality and thoughts, “It wants kindness. It wants change. It wants silence and freedom and gentle kisses and warm liquids and deep touch” (Ensler, p. 73). She is very blunt in the way she explains how her “vagina” feels because these are all very emotional feelings that a person would have instead of a vagina.
I can definitely see how an angry and emotional vagina could affect a woman very much. A woman’s vagina goes through many situations on a daily basis and it should be known that it “wants” many things. There are also many factors involved with the vagina that could either stimulate better sex or make it worse, according to an article in the Daily Pennsylvanian, “Members of the audience were surprised to hear that the average length of foreplay in the United States is only about thirty seconds, while the average length of intercourse can be anywhere between two to seven minutes” (Nandhakumar, p.1). In the Vagina Monologues, it explains that you need to work with vaginas correctly and prepare it the right way and that foreplay is what it is all about.
I really enjoyed reading your post. For one, I think that people do not see the vagina as a living person and would benefit if they shifted their perspectives from seeing it as an object. I think that if men and women understood what vaginas go through and the immense pressure they have on them, they would treat them with more gentleness and respect instead of treating it like a 'toy' that can be replaced.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, while writing this response my husband was sitting next to me reading a part of what I writing. He didnt notice that I was speaking about vaginas, and immediately assumed I must be talking about penises. I asked why and he replied that he thought maybe I was advocating for penises to be treated like living things instead of objects that can be replaced. I just found it interesting how, because he was a man, immediately decided that penises were the body parts that needed to be advocated for, as if the penis has to endure what a vagina does.
But maybe thats just my feminist opinion...what do you think?
-Kirsti Reid