The Vagina Monologues

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet. You force what is meant to be open, trusting, nurturing, creative, and alive to be bent, infertile, and broken.

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet. You force what is meant to be open, trusting, nurturing, creative, and alive to be bent, infertile, and broken.

what happened to myself and countless other young women from happening again—has reminded me

what I lost in my rush to recover: I lost my body and now I know I will get it back.

society's dirty laundry for all to see)

ht. I decided I would

do whatever I could to change the world so as to eliminate the causes and sources of violence against

women

Almost everyone in the audience stood.

The heart is able to forgive and repair.

It can change its shape to let us in.

It can expand to let us out.

The heart is capable of sacrifice.

So is the vagina.

I realized moans were best when they caught you by surprise;

No, to the contrary: I started out as a

lawyer.