I think it is very important to mention that Ensler wanted these monologues to be performed. The whole context of the book surrounds expression and finding deeper meaning. In order for these emotions and feelings to come across clearly, they need to be given a voice. While reading I often found myself speaking the words on the page rather than reading them. It gave them more meaning. Ensler wanted to give vaginas a voice. Let them speak for themselves. Without the voice attached to the readings half of her purpose is gone. This voice is very important. Through speech and writing we are given freedom. So many women have been deprived of that freedom and her interviews and stories allow these women to be open with themselves, their past, and their future. It's more than just a story about vaginas and the people who value them, or are afraid of them, or don't know how to talk about them. The book is about experiencing who we are as women. It is about giving us the freedom to choose for ourselves and live for ourselves rather than living to please others.
The embodiment of the vagina gives it personality. It allows us to separate the vagina from being just a body part to being something alive, and breathing, with passion and memory. It changes the way we perceive the vagina by making it into something bigger than a sexual organ. The stories attached to this body part outweigh all other parts of the body. The stories give it meaning, and passion. By seeing (or reading) these stories performed, they put a person in place of a vagina, making it seem real and meaningful.
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