Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Who knew?

Apparently, the word "vagina" is so offensive that three girls were suspended for using it in an excerpt from the play "The Vagina Monologues." Apparently, they had agreed not to use the word "vagina" when doing their excerpt from the play. Does anyone see anything absurd going on here? They were reciting from a play CALLED "The VAGINA Monologues" and they weren't allowed to use the word "vagina". I'm laughing out loud as I write this.

Whether the girls deserve a suspension for breaking the agreement to use the word is a separate issue (it seems a bit harsh to me for saying a word that's just the proper anatomical term for a part of the body). The question is why the principal ever saw a problem with the word "vagina" in the first place. I mean, if the subject matter from the play is the problem, then he should have simply not permitted the excerpt in the first place. But to ban the use of the word "vagina" suggests that he's just a puritanical idiot. To help him, I'm going to write some words for him to practice saying in a mirror:
Penis, penis, penis, penis.
Vagina, vagina, vagina, vagina.
Clitoris, vulva, breast.

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