"The Vagina Monologues": Expressing Female Empowerment? (Video)

Counter Cultured ^ | Anna Maria Hoffman

[restorecivilsociety]

Anna Maria Hoffman explains why "The Vagina Monologues" degrades women and should not be promoted to raise awareness against sexual violence. And watch out, Tyler O'Neil makes an appearance!

Song clips, from Beyoncé's "Run the World (Girls)", are sung by Anna Maria herself!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUBbr7Naj4

[wardaddy]

Vagina Monologue

I speak that language...am told by those in a position to judge that I am quite fluent

no question...like many men..it is far and away my favorite tongue

[freekitty]

Gee, maybe they should look at some of the top government employees Obama has hired. They are Islam.

Hey feminists; I don’t see a woman anywhere there. Oh, I forgot. Woman do not have any rights with the religion of peace.

Possibly they should rethink this.

[353FMG]

Q: Will Obama be held responsible if American soldiers die because strategic info was leaked to AQ through his muslim government employees?

A: Only if Republicans have the spine to confront him with it.

[freekitty]

You bet

[driftless2]

I’m still waiting for federal funding for my new play concerning empowering males: “The Penis Dialogues.” If the Obama admin can send 27 million to Morocco for pottery classes, it can surely spare me a few million.

[duckman]

Call me old fashioned; but I believe vagina’s should be seen and not heard.

[Durus]

The original off-broadway play and script had a 30something lesbian seducing a 13 year girl. In an effort to make this "recruitment" more socially acceptable the molested minor is now portrayed as a 16 year old seduced by a 25 year old.

Displaying molestation as a positive is about the only controversial topic in this play, the rest of it is stupid comedic schlock and shock value on different words for female genitalia. There is no real feminism present and it's devoid of any intelligence. It doesn't even rise to the point of being clever albeit in a crude or base way.

[SuziQ]

I think it's fascinating that some people who scream and rant about Catholic priests abusing teenaged boys seem to have absolutely no trouble with the Vagina Monologues, one of which is the story of a teenaged girl being seduced by, I think, one of her coaches.

Now can anyone explain to me the difference in these scenarios that makes the former horrible, and the latter 'liberating'?

[ronniesgal]

Chastity/Chaz Bono was molested by her babysitter/nanny when Cher was flying around the world in concert.
When Chastity told her mom, Cher’s response was “this will be a good experience for you”
This is per Chastity/Chaz’s book.