Catholic Women's Joint Statement on MonologuesWe are Catholic women who have been called to serve the Church in various ways, in fidelity to Church teaching and with respect for our Pope and bishops.
We are saddened that individuals at numerous colleges and universities—including Catholic institutions—have chosen to address the terrible problem of violence against women by presenting benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues. The play is offered as a celebration of women, but it fails to appreciate women’s true dignity and therefore has little impact on the flawed mindset that permits social, mental, physical and sexual oppression against women.
The play’s emphasis on genital anatomy and sexual activity, including lesbian encounters and masturbation, degrades women and fails to appreciate their true dignity and vocation.
“This text separates the beautiful gift of sexuality from its purpose, which includes the expression of a gift of oneself to another in a permanent union of life and love. Indeed, the play also separates the gift of human sexuality from the woman herself, from her body and her spirit and from the bearing of children.”<1>
The Monologues characters place little emphasis on love and service to others, which are primary elements of women’s dignity. This love and service are best modeled in the roles most natural to women: those of spouse, mother and virgin.
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http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/Publications/News/monologues_05.htm#Womens%20StatementREAD on. The whole goddamn website is better than Landover Baptist or Betty Bowers because it is REAL.
BTW, John Henry Newman, the famous Anglican turncoat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Newman