The vagina monologues

To be quite honest, I was very surprised and impressed that USU would allow a production of the vagina monologues. I was also surprised at the reaction/lack of reaction, I received on my facebook page.
I was impressed with the script and the acting of those who read, I was also impressed with the audience who seemed to really grasp what it was all about.
I wanted to write a blog post as a way of exploring both what I felt and why it is so important for women to see it.
OUR BODIES
One of the strongest impressions I had after the show was that women are never told about the function of the vagina. In the maturation class we all learn about menstruation, but that is it. Nobody tells young girls about the feelings they will begin to experience at puberty, nor are they told about the physical reactions the vagina goes through. They just talk about our periods as if that is the only thing that happens, as if women do not have sexual desires awakened in them. They also do not teach women about the clitoris. This is the one part of the body whose sole function is pleasure, that's pretty amazing yet women are never taught about it.
Boys on the other hand are taught about puberty and sexual arousal in their maturation class. They are taught to feel comfortable with their bodies, and are told what will happen to them and that it is okay. Girls are left feeling that their vagina's are gross or should be hidden away. This could all be rectified if they were told about the natural lubrication that is produced by their bodies.
It is fully expected that a man enjoy sex, but nobody seems to care if a woman goes years never enjoying it.
Also boys and men are reassured about their penises all the time, they are told that they come in all shapes and sizes. Girls and women are not taught this at all, nobody talks about what a vagina looks like and that they too come in all shapes and sizes. Also nobody gives men a hard time about pubic hair (unless they are in porn) but women are made to feel that it is gross and somehow wrong for them to have it.
We have been so long conditioned not to talk about the vagina that we become uncomfortable when it is mentioned even as adults. Can any woman remember their mother telling them about anything other then menstruation?
A lot of people (myself included) are moved by the descriptions of rape and birth. That is very understandable, but I was particularly moved by "The flood" and also by the descriptions of the different moans. This was moving to me because it is so rare to hear a woman talk about liking sex and what sex is like for them.
This show is so important, I hope that one day my nieces see it so that they will not be ashamed of their bodies and will feel empowered to live life to the fullest. I hope that all women will be able to stand beside their own vagina and be proud.