It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since Eve Ensler's ground breaking one woman show burst onto the stage. I saw "The Vagina Monologues" performed by Eve herself, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I was living at the time, and there were audible gasps from the audience, it was so shocking. Seeing her perform that play, was one of the most radical and affirming nights of my life.
Teach your daughters to love their bodies. Give them the power over themselves. Call their vaginas their vaginas - not some cutesy nickname. For that matter, teach your sons to call them vaginas and name their body parts correctly too. They have a penis, and a pair of testicles - you've got to have balls! Teach your sons to respect women, and talk to them about sex. Tell them that they should expect to give pleasure as much as to receive it. Tell them NO means NO. Teach them that violence against women is wrong. Always. Support the organization that Eve started.
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