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The Author (Eve Ensler)

This is a New York-based actor, playwright, and social activist.

Women

This is the majority of the characters, if not all, included in the monologues.

Non-Caucasian and/or Non-Western Women

This group of people are often more discriminated against than others because of their cultural backgrounds.

Gloria Steinem

This was one of the most prominent, vocal, and simultaneously respected and reviled of the feminist leaders of the 1960s and 70s.

Patriarchy

This is the term used here and throughout much feminist writing and/or analysis to sum up the male-dominated power structure under which women have lived and suffered for centuries.

Bob

This is one of the few men actually named in the monologue section of the book who finds vaginas beautiful.

The Lesbian Prostitute

This person believes in the importance of the pleasure that can be experienced by women if they allow themselves...

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