Chapter’s I Didn’t Want To Talk About

As I’m writing this I am trying to cover the screen because there is a random boy sitting behind me and I really would rather him not know what I am writing about.

The Woman Who Loved To Make Vagina’s Happy
This chapter was about sexual acts and orgasms, but it also goes into a woman figuring out that she is a lesbian. The chapter goes on to discuss how this woman felt while watching romantic movies and seeing women moan on the screen. She says, “I longed to moan. I practiced in front of my mirror, on a tape recorder, moaning in various keys, various tones…”(107). I thought that was so weird. Who does that? She didn’t even mention how old she was while doing this. The only thing I’ve practiced for in front of a mirror was singing or a speech. I guess the other thing I had a problem in this chapter was when she describes the different types of moans in the last paragraph. The one that stood out to me the most was the “semireligious moan (a Muslim chanting sound)” (110). I guess it’s because when I hear this chanting sound I never never ever connected it to sex. It’s always been in a sacred place like a Mosque or even the Holy City of Mecca. To me this was a little bit offensive.

“As a lesbian” pg. 115 – 118

This chapter is about a woman describing sex and foreplay, all kinds of things and it makes Eve Ensler feel uncomfortable. This is surprising to me she came up with the idea of this book and yet still she wasn’t feeling very comfortable hearing this woman describe her vagina. Ensler says, “I realize I am embarrassed, listening to her…her love for vaginas and comfort with them and my distancing, terror of saying all this in front of you, the audience” (116). I think it was in this place where she realizes that she is pushing boundaries. There were certain words and phrases in this chapter that I just find too uncomfortable to discuss. Even though I understand her motivations and reasons for writing it, I have my own limits. Part of me thinks she was trying to shock people, but maybe that is for the better because it is true that we do not use these words or talk about these things openly. Maybe Eve Ensler did not intend for this book to be vulgar, but I think speaking these things aloud can provoke that reaction.