The genre of this piece of literature is drama, meaning that Ensler wrote these monologues to be performed. Why do you think she wants vaginas to be publicly performed? Why does she want vaginas to be physically embodied? What effect does this have on the way we see and think of vaginas?
Eve Ensler's intentions were to give the vagina a voice. A lot of women are extremely shy about what goes on 'down there', and Ensler wanted to shed light on what the vagina actually is, and what it actually stands for. By writing monologues that are meant performed in front of an audience, she wanted to reach a large amount of women at once in order to enlighten them about their own bodies, and make it okay to talk about in general.
Ensler wants the vagina to be seen as it's own entity, which, if you think about it, it is. She wants women to realize that the vagina isn't just a reproductive organ, it's what makes every woman special, and in order to visualize that you need to be able to see it as something other than a crevice hidden in between your legs.This changes the way that we view the vagina because instead of something that isn't understood or something that is scary and awkward, Ensler puts the vagina on a pedestal as something to be celebrated and embraced, and by rejoicing the vagina, you are able to rejoice in the rest of your body and in yourself in general.
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