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Tehachapi Community Theatre proudly presents...pornography?

In a discouraging departure from family friendly fare such as Little Women or The Diary of Anne Frank, the Tehachapi Community Theatre will host a production of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, a controversial play depicting women graphically discussing their genitals and sexual experiences ostensibly to raise awareness of sexual abuse issues. The irony is that a production intended to raise sensitivity to women’s issues, in fact objectifies women. Monologues is verbally pornographic and is abusive of women by attacking the concept of womanhood itself, and destroying the integrity of the human person.  

Monologues reduces women to essentially one body part, objectifing women and grossly distorting female sexuality. Monologues exaggerates the sexuality of a woman by viewing her as primarily a sexual object. Women are viewed, as the etymology of the word “pornography” connotes, more like prostitutes (women viewed only as sexual beings) than women who deserve respect for their minds, hearts and souls. By doing so, Monologues promotes the same attitudes towards women and sexuality that lead to sexual violence against women.   

Further, Monologues promotes lesbianism and pedophilia. For instance, one 'voice' — that of a 13-year-old girl — vividly describes how she was seduced by a 24-year-old woman. She says, “if it was a rape, it was a good rape.” So disturbing is this “monologue” that some productions have omitted it or changed the age of the girl, but it is part and parcel of the entire tone of Monologues.

Monologues is nothing short of agit-prop. Ensler claims that Monologues represents real 'voices of women' in order to give it an air of authenticity, but admits that she freely interpreted the “data.” In fact, Ensler is nothing more than a radical feminist propagandist seeking to recruit young women to her radical agenda under the guise of doing something worthwhile.

If you're a parent concerned about raising children who view sexuality as a healthy part of a marital relationship, you will do your best to avoid this production.