J'ai mentionné il y a peu le cas de la démocrate Lisa Brown du Michigan à qui ses collègues interdisaient l'utilisation du terme vagin lors de débats en Chambre sur l'avortement. Mme Brown a répliqué de manière spectaculaire en effectuant publiquement une lecture des "Monologues du vagin" accompagnée de l'auteure Eve Ensler. La pièce fut présentée pour la première fois en 1996."A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps—with a hand from the author.
Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women's sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night's performance by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses.
Capitol facilities director Steve Benkovsky estimated about 2,500 spectators—women and men—watched the play in downtown Lansing from lawn chairs and blankets. Billed on Facebook as the "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!" event, the combination play and protest included political signs and chants of "Vagina! Vagina!"%% Ensler, who flew in from California, where she's overseeing production of her new play, said she was thrilled to be involved and likened the punishment meted out by the Republican leadership of the state House to "the Dark Ages."
"If we ever knew deep in our hearts that the issue about abortion ... was not really about fetuses and babies, but really men's terror of women's sexuality and power, I think it's fully evidenced here," Ensler told The Associated Press by phone Monday before arriving in Lansing.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20888794/silenced-mich-lawmaker-does-vagina-monologues
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