Monday 15 August 2011

"Their" Vagina Monologue...

I think Feminism cannot and will never exist in its purest form. Nothing exists in its purest form. Not democracy nor dictatorship, not capitalism nor communism, not love nor hate. Few things in this world exist in their purest, or are clear cut; black or white. One of those things is life and death. But feminism is not pure nor is it black and white. It cannot be pure because Man, the male species, was created to be the Head; to be "superior" to the woman. But let us not dare confuse superiority for domination and/or oppression.

The feminist in me believes that every woman should be given a chance; a chance to exercise Free Will - rightfully given to her by her Maker. A chance to prove her self as a successful mother, career woman, friend, foe, whore (if you like), angel or devil. A chance to enjoy life and the things that come with it. A choice to enjoy SEX; because it is a GOD-GIVEN right. Sex because it was God's invention/creation... and all that was created by God is perfect and good.

Perhaps this explains my contempt towards the men in Igembe, Meru. The  men who will fail to marry a girl because she has not been "cut". The men who impregnate a girl at the age of 15 and refuse to marry her because she is not "cut" (took you long enough to figure that out! Mister!?!). The men who discriminate against uncircumcised women at this day and age! Talk about narcissist and barbarous beings. 

The feminist in me doesn't feel obliged to believe that God was out of His element when He created a woman as she is... With her clitoris. My heart bleeds for the young girls in Igembe who have been deprived of much; formal education, free will and the right to enjoy sex... All in the name of seeking for acceptance. I suppose given an opportunity, the vagina monologue of the girls would be as follows:

"My vagina swimming river water, clean spilling water over sun-baked stones over stone clit, clit stones over and over. Not since I heard the skin tear and made lemon screeching sounds, not since a piece of my vagina came off in my hand, a part of the lip, now one side of the lip is completely gone." (Excerpt from  The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler). 



Female genital mutilation is torture, not a culture. ~Alice Walker~



Did you know: VAGINA FACTS FROM THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
  1. Genital mutilation has been inflicted on 80 [million] to 100 million girls and young women. In countries where it is practiced,mostly African, about 2 million youngsters a year can expect the knife—or the razor or a glass shard—to cut their clitoris or remove it altogether, [and] to have part or all of the labia . . . sewn together with catgut or thorns.
  2. The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. The clitoris is simply a bundle of nerves: 8,000 nerve fibers, to be precise. That's a higher concentration of nerve fibers than is found anywhere else in the body, including the fingertips, lips, and tongue, and it is twice the number in the penis.
My heart bleeds for the dominated and oppressed girls in Igembe... It bleeds even more for how primitive the men who advocate for Female Genital Mutilation are in their thoughts. 

Parting quote to these men: I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~Galileo Galilei~

Have a non-primitive week!

2 comments:

  1. Power of women!!! I totally agree. We are not to be oppressed or dominated just coz we have boobs!Check out my rantings on women here http://kidoshopearl.blogspot.com/2011/05/silent-cries.html

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  2. There's a word am trying to find but can't.The feminist in me has MPD and we are all enraged better still we are informed.8000 nerves?really?so the want some to go through life with only 2000 of those?
    #Estogenspeaks
    There's a word am trying to find but can't.The feminist in me has MPD and we are all enraged better still we are informed.8000 nerves?really?so the want some to go through life with only 2000 of those?
    #Estogenspeaks

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