In The Vagina Monologues Summary

Question 1 What people are experiencing something problematic about their body and they are not sure what is happening and why; people would look up to professional. Specifically doctors come into play because they are seen as experts and would know about the issue that is happening about the body. People would go to them to have their questions answered and see if they can get treatment to get better.
People would go through medicalization to identify problems and see if there is a treatment for it. Today in America, it is very common that the childbirth would happen at the hospital. The idea of how childbirth should go had shifted to delivering the baby by going through the medical process at the hospitals. Having a child born at the hospital
Ensler travels around collecting these stories about how women think and feel about their vaginas with how their race or class could have possible have an influence on how they view their sexuality. There are sections in the book where Ensler asked a question and would list a few of the different answers she got from the women that she interviewed. These answer were short, but had a lot of character and background stories behind it. One of the questions was “If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear?” (Ensler 15) Answers varied with different clothing items from sweatpants to high heels to Ermine and pearls. Seeing the different variety and expressions show a bit of how the she sees herself as and where she is coming from. Those who answer with things similar to gowns, jewelry, or designer brands would be more likely seen as high maintenance while items like a slicker, pinafore, and mink would show the area they grew up in since not everyone would know exactly what the clothing item is. Personal stories also give insight to how a woman thinks of her sexuality, for example Cheryl Chase was a born as an intersex and shared what she went through with her gender as a big influence on her life. Her experience led her to “claim [a] lesbian identity” and that is how she wants to express her sexuality to others (Chase 74). Sarita was greatly influence by the people that were around her and how she looked. She learns about what her sexuality is through her experiences and finds how to be “more in control of [her] sexuality” (41). These stories show how gender, race and class can influence how a woman expresses and feels about her