tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post113882386561146586..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: why, part 1.5JJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-1142373069835536772006-03-14T16:51:00.000-05:002006-03-14T16:51:00.000-05:00Hi!I will definitely be a regular visitor on this ...Hi!<BR/><BR/>I will definitely be a regular visitor on this blog as I love it so <BR/>much and don�t want to miss the next updates!! <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><A HREF="http://www.imcmake-money-fast-online.com" REL="nofollow">start online business</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-1139947146979641762006-02-14T14:59:00.000-05:002006-02-14T14:59:00.000-05:00Ahhh, yes, the Vagina has been a great mystery. I...Ahhh, yes, the Vagina has been a great mystery. I think for all women this is true, if not only temporarily, b/c it does take some effort to actually SEE our vagina. A few months back my husband and I were watching "Everybody Loves Raymond." During this episode, Ray's mom makes a sculpture, and everyone seems to think it looks like a vagina. In all honesty, I didn't see it at first, but my husband did. And I felt like this made sense-- he does have front row seats, whereas the best I can do (as you alluded to JTB) is to see a reflection (a reflection! Not even the true image!) in a mirror!<BR/><BR/>I've also found to be in somewhat of a quandery over what to tell my daughter about her genitalia as she develops. When you think about it, we have generalized female genitalia to "the vagina"-- but really it's so much more complexed than that. For the simple act of coitus, yes, it's a vagina. But for pleasure, much is contained in the clitoris. And for urination, it's the urethra. My 20-month-old daughter has been rather curious about what she sees at eye level when I step out of the shower, so that's why all this is so fresh in my mind. B/c we just use the word "vagina", many young (and some old!) boys and girls think that women possess one big, gaping hole between their legs, where both menstruation and urination occur. For this, and other reasons, I'm trying to strike a balance between being honest, but not annoying my daughter with details. <BR/><BR/>Several years back I overheard a gynecologist I work with on the telephone. She was ordering tickets for our local production of "The Vagina Monologues." I got the biggest kick out of that. Here is a woman whose whole profession is mostly vagina dialogues with her patients, but she still wanted to see the production. I guess our fascination with vaginas will never tire!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-1139001198822312342006-02-03T16:13:00.000-05:002006-02-03T16:13:00.000-05:00I found the show striking because it seemed as if ...I found the show striking because it seemed as if almost every monologue I heard evoked some aspect of my own journey of 'coming out.' (Perhaps this is just because I first watched the Vagina Monologues right smack in the middle of the coming-out process toward the end of college?)<BR/><BR/>But the more I think about it, there does seem to be a loose parallel. Before I could come out as a gay man, I had to recognize that the parts of me I thought were dirty were, in fact, good. I had to recognize the power of giving those parts of me a name that reflected their purpose and goodness (or I at least had to reclaim those names that had been given a dirty or bad connotation by others...'queer' is no longer a scary or a dirty word for me).<BR/><BR/>There are also parallels in the pain that is faced. Truly recognizing the power and importance of the vagina often invites hate and abuse from men. Hell, even the existence of a vagina often invites hate and abuse from men. In the same way, recognizing the goodness of love between two men (or even the existence of a LGBT person) just really pisses some people off.<BR/><BR/>Good luck in the show.Scott Lybrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07372957893832470084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-1138938223396603252006-02-02T22:43:00.000-05:002006-02-02T22:43:00.000-05:00I'm appreciative as a woman from a repressed house...I'm appreciative as a woman from a repressed household in which any anatomy below the navel was described by my mother in an ashamed whisper as "you know, down there...". Now that I deal with women whose bodies suffer the consequences of modern medicine it is a lot easier to say "vulva" or "clitoris". Women appreciate the frank education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-1138857947887732232006-02-02T00:25:00.000-05:002006-02-02T00:25:00.000-05:00cool pics. i leave in three hours. should i try t...cool pics. i leave in three hours. should i try to sleep? probably not...TKPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830562753725505668noreply@blogger.com