2008 Woodie Awards
Barbies and what 'hooha' is all about
Rachel Moore
Issue date: 2/13/07 Section: Viewpoints
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Do you remember the first time your parents ever had "that" talk with you? You know, the birds and the bees, when a man loves a woman, that one?
I remember the first sex-education exposure I had was in fifth grade, where the teacher used Barbie dolls to explain the female anatomy and how it worked. All the girls giggled and blushed and simply told the boys that we got to play with dolls during our session. They told us they had played with G.I Joes. Of course, we all knew what the others had talked about.
That was years ago. Every year, the sex-ed classes start younger and younger. Nowadays, it seems as if a kid knows about sex before they can read.
Here's where all of this is leading to. At a theater in Florida, they had the name of a popular play displayed on their marquee. A woman driving by with her neice saw the marquee and angrily called the manager of the theater, demanding that he change it.
Do you know what the name of the play was? "The Vagina Monologues," the play that explores that area of the female anatomy.
According to cnn.com, the lady called because her niece had asked her what a vagina was. When the manager asked her what she had told the girl, she replied that she was "offended that she even had to answer that question."
This started me thinking. How old was this girl? Had her parents not had "that" talk with her yet? Had she never sat in the living room while they watched CSI or even the news when they talked about sex or anything related? I really do believe that if she is old enough to ask what a vagina is, then I'm sure she's probably had some exposure to sex-ed.
Now for the good part. In order to keep from offending any other parents, the manager changed the name on the marquee from "The Vagina Monologues" to The "Hooha Monologues." That's right. A very good, funny, popular play has now been reduced to child slang.
I know that some men apparently have names for their own private parts --- a trend that I still have yet to understand --- it doesn't seem like it's a growing trend among women.
I remember the first sex-education exposure I had was in fifth grade, where the teacher used Barbie dolls to explain the female anatomy and how it worked. All the girls giggled and blushed and simply told the boys that we got to play with dolls during our session. They told us they had played with G.I Joes. Of course, we all knew what the others had talked about.
That was years ago. Every year, the sex-ed classes start younger and younger. Nowadays, it seems as if a kid knows about sex before they can read.
Here's where all of this is leading to. At a theater in Florida, they had the name of a popular play displayed on their marquee. A woman driving by with her neice saw the marquee and angrily called the manager of the theater, demanding that he change it.
Do you know what the name of the play was? "The Vagina Monologues," the play that explores that area of the female anatomy.
According to cnn.com, the lady called because her niece had asked her what a vagina was. When the manager asked her what she had told the girl, she replied that she was "offended that she even had to answer that question."
This started me thinking. How old was this girl? Had her parents not had "that" talk with her yet? Had she never sat in the living room while they watched CSI or even the news when they talked about sex or anything related? I really do believe that if she is old enough to ask what a vagina is, then I'm sure she's probably had some exposure to sex-ed.
Now for the good part. In order to keep from offending any other parents, the manager changed the name on the marquee from "The Vagina Monologues" to The "Hooha Monologues." That's right. A very good, funny, popular play has now been reduced to child slang.
I know that some men apparently have names for their own private parts --- a trend that I still have yet to understand --- it doesn't seem like it's a growing trend among women.
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