Day 18: The Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler turned her stage show into a movie for HBO that adds off-stage interviews with herself and some of the women she's talked to over the years. I was struck by how much it reminded me of "Kinsey", many of the women she described had little or no knowledge of their bodies and/or held a lot of shame about them, and a shocking number had been victims of sexual abuse in their lives. Ensler's delivery comes off a bit like she's teaching a staff development class, but the material outweighs the melodrama. Oh, and if you like hearing the word "vagina", you'll be in for a real treat.