Pacific Lutheran University is staging “The Vagina Monologues” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Eastvold Chapel. If that sounds odd to you, you are just not with the times, baby! If you know what language and imagery the Vagina Monologues program contains, you might believe it to be strange that this is being featured in the “CHAPEL” at PLU. Tell me that the world has not gone to Hell!

The “concierge” that answered the phone at PLU didn’t get it, when I called to question the venue chosen for exhibiting this tripe. They say the play is about empowering women. This event could be held in some other auditorium or on any street corner in Seattle. How about holding this performance at some outdoor location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill district, or in Olympia on the steps of the state capitol? Let Christine Gregoire read some of this material. How proud she would be!

EXCERPT:  I come from the “down there” generation. That is, those were the words-spoken rarely and in a hushed voice-that the women in my family used to refer to all female genitalia, internal or external.

It wasn’t that they were ignorant of terms like vagina, labia, vulva, or clitoris. On the contrary, they were trained to be teachers and probably had more access to information than most. — Vagina Monologues

Ladies, and I use that term loosely — Did that make you feel “empowered”?   Maybe a few years of psycho-therapy might be more helpful. What is accepted for “normal” these days is offensive to most reasonable people who still believe in Christianity, family-values and right vs. wrong, despite the insanity being thrown at us from some in the media, liberal educators, and socialist/leftist politicians. There is a place for certain types of public performance. Maybe a “chapel” is not the place for trash impersonating art.

For those that think men have gotten the shaft in many ways {no pun intended}, someone needs to offer the “Penis Monologues”. This play could be performed in the sanctuary at St. Patrick Church in Tacoma. Would anyone have a problem with that? This play could be about the unfair burden men have been saddled with in divorce, or in business. Some hiring processes, where quotas have pushed women ahead of men in corporate America seem very unempowering. That is a sad state of affairs!

In the Penis Monologues, there would be generous usage of language pertaining to the male appendage, erections, secretions, length, girth and stamina. Talk about empowerment! The Penis Monologues - bring the whole friggin’ family, grampa and gramma and your church pastor too! There will be 2 intermissions, or smoke breaks.

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