Small empty slate chair facing a standing oval mirror

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The Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler

I bet you’re worried. I was worried. That’s why I began this piece. I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don’t think about them.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker admits shared anxiety and says it prompted the piece: worry about how vaginas are regarded, and deeper worry that they are hardly considered at all. The remark moves from personal unease toward a wider point that neglect and silence about the body are themselves a problem.

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