Schoolgirls suspended for saying "vagina" during a reading of the Vagina Monologues

[hello3pat]

OK, the title says it all. Three girls were suspended for using the word "vagina" during a school sponsered reading of the Vagina Monologues. What the hell are schools and censorship comming to
FOXNews.com - Schoolgirls Suspended for Saying 'Vagina' During Reading of 'Vagina Monologues' - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257078,00.html)

[rebgirl420]

This is ridicoulus. Censorship in general is fucking ridiculous. I did my thesis on censorship and it is out of control. I think our forefathers would be rolling in their graves if they seen how free speech is being violated in todays times. Like Maynard James Keenan says, "Censorhip IS a cancer".

[Purple Banana]

We need to send the Great George Carlin to that school to teach them a lesson about censorship...

[slipknotpsycho]

^^^^ i dunno about that... these were mean who held slaves, and said every man is created equal...

lmfao purple banana... i was just thinking about something like that... but it was more like schoolkids should convince him to come do a completely uncensored performance.... just to watch the officals shit their pants.

[AlwaysBlazed]

I heard about that. How do you read the vagina monologues without saying vagina?

[rebgirl420]

Omg yeah George Carlin would kick some ass haha

[rebgirl420]

I heard about that. How do you read the vagina monologues without saying vagina?

Exactly its not like they said pussy, slit or twat. I think vagina is the only.."right" way to say it in a school. Its the proper termonolgy.

[slipknotpsycho]

maybe they were looking for "dark wet cave in a womans pelvis"? :wtf:

[ericwt]

What do they call it in Health class, a woo- woo?

[rebgirl420]

I prefer the name "kitty"

[ericwt]

I prefer the name "kitty"

Great name! But I am just saying they have to call it something.

[Goin_easy]

What the hell is this country coming to. Is it the same way outside of America?

[rebgirl420]

its much worse

[partypyro]

Our society is built on the idea that there has to be two aposeing powers cheaking eachother in order for power to stay balanced. This idea is true in casses such as the executive branch vs. the judicial branch as much as people vs. the govenment. Without censorship free speach would over rule many othere constitutional rights. That is to say i agree %100 that this who vagina suspention stuff is way overboard. Cencership has gone way to far but there is nothing anyone can do aside from overthrowing the government. really tho i dont care all that much.:jointsmile: Society is going to shit, :( technology is destroying pretty much all values a person could obtain growing up, and the world as we know it is on a downward spiral weather it be nukeing ourselves or burning wholes in the atmoshper. If you want to see where we are heading read Ferenhight 451.:hippy:

[hello3pat]

I heard about that. How do you read the vagina monologues without saying vagina?
Now the question is, since it was school sponsered, how would they anounce it?

I prefer the name "kitty"
The "Kitty Monologues"?

[timothylearyisdead]

censorship is for vaginas

[Skink]

Vagina Vagina Vagina...

[rebgirl420]

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The "Kitty Monologues"?[/QUOTE]

hell yes

[hello3pat]

hell yes

And up next rebgirl reading and exerpt from the "Kitty Monologues"...

[rebgirl420]

"I love my vagina, its pink..."

[Skink]

This is to hot,,,RebGirl and Vagina in one thread...

[hello3pat]

"I love my vagina, its pink..."
Haha that's great, I'm gonna clear room in my sig for you:thumbsup:

[rebgirl420]

hahaha yay hello3pat

[smoke it]

Exactly its not like they said pussy, slit or twat. I think vagina is the only.."right" way to say it in a school. Its the proper termonolgy.

thats what i was thinking as well. its not as if the word was being used to piss people off, the girl was reading part of a fucking book.

[hello3pat]

the girl was reading part of a fucking book.

Exactley, but the problem today is everyone is so uptight about what you can say because they are TOLD something is offensive to them. I can't say black, I have to say "African American" but that means they are a citizen from Africa and the U.S. and the only guy I know like that is white, wait sorry "caucasian"

[sttomassmoker]

lol i have never heard "slit' as slang for vag


ahahahaha

[Hardcore Newbie]

Exactley, but the problem today is everyone is so uptight about what you can say because they are TOLD something is offensive to them. I can't say black, I have to say "African American" but that means they are a citizen from Africa and the U.S. and the only guy I know like that is white, wait sorry "caucasian"
Read #1 on his list, it's pretty funny regarding the silly use of African American

Also, the white dude from Africa thing you're talking about, I remember reading an article about some high school kids who nominated a white guy from Africa for the school's African American ... something-or-other. Anyways, the kids that nominated him got suspended for doing so, and I think that's sick.

[Genuine17]

her last line "were not talking about plutonium or acid rain, a word that destroys lives, were talking about a body part!" that was an amazing statement i must say... because it is so true...
we talk about atomic weapons all the time in school something that killed 100,000 of innocent people, practically in some senses promoting violence..
"hey look were Americans we killed 600,000 or so innocent Japaneses for there killing of 3,000 American troops...
and yet a body part that more than half of the United States has is banned!?

[Dr.Hashman]

vagina vagina vagina, penis penis penis! I hope I don't get banned from these boards!

[rebgirl420]

vagina vagina vagina, penis penis penis! I hope I don't get banned from these boards!

:dance: awwwww im telllllin'! you said some bad wordsssss!

[Dr.Hashman]

I got in trouble because in history class I was saying how the Negroes were sent to fight the Ingins because Whitey didn't want to die. A girl in my class didn't like the word Negro, so I asked her if I could use black, she said african american would work, I said no it wouldn't, because we kidnapped them, brought them over to America, and made them farm and fight for us... If they were a slave, I refered to them as Africans. I am not racist, but that is how I view it.

If you were brought to Argentina to do slave labor, would you consider yourself American-Argentinan? I know I wouldn't!

[rebgirl420]

I see where your coming from hun. I think the name african american should only apply to those who were born into the US. Like you said, if I was a slave i would want to keep my heritage. But I dont think its about that. i just think its a respect thing.

[dutch.lover]

wow....vagina censorship. i was gonna say "how do they teach the kids sex-ed if they can't even say the word vagina?" and then i realized, americans DON'T teach kids sex-ed.....

i get so angry over stuff like that and im not even american. i dont know how you guys deal!!!

[hello3pat]

wow....vagina censorship. i was gonna say "how do they teach the kids sex-ed if they can't even say the word vagina?" and then i realized, americans DON'T teach kids sex-ed.....

i get so angry over stuff like that and im not even american. i dont know how you guys deal!!!

I had a sex-ed in junior high, then in highschool it was mixed into my health class, although to be perfecilly honest my health teacher was a sexist bitch who plamed all problems in the world on men, more specificaly drugs and STD's. She would constantly say how in her mind women were smarter then men "by ten-fold"(her actual words) even though almost all the girls failed the test over the female reproductive system. On that test we made fun of one guy because he couldn't find the cliteris ^.^

[midlifecrisis]

I hate to be the stick in the mud...but did any of you read the article??? It wasn't the word that got them in trouble it was the fact they promised not to say it and then did. They were told this was a public forum and people of all ages may be there including children. If they had a problem with that then they could of got the ACLU to lawyer-up with them and sue the school.....

What is this country coming to when children are taught to break their word....

I agree the word vagina is quite accepted word among adults, but who made these girls the one to decide that for everyone in attendence....


//END RANT//

With that being said...I'm married with kids, can anyone remind me what a vagina is???

[dutch.lover]

^^I don't think they should have ever been made to promise not to say "vagina" in the first place! Vagina is an anatomically correct term, and I see absolutely no problem with it being used among children. They were doing the VAGINA Monologues!!! It's a celebration of vaginas (or cunts, as Betty Dodson-viva la vulva- would say)...I would like to know how something can be celebrated, and censored at the same time. Disgusting.

(ps: nothing personal midlife, censorship especially when it comes to sex in the US is something i am very passionate about)

[hello3pat]

I agree with dutch, the act of making them promise to not say vagina in itself was an act of cencorship. America is too prudish when it comes to these things, rather admiting they even fuck for fun or masturbate, most americans would rather cover it up. Also, so what if a child heard the word vagina, they were taken to the VAGINA Monologues for fucks sake! These girls weren't truly braking a promise as much so protecting their personal morales

[midlifecrisis]

Nothing personal taken.

However, Is it not a bit hypocritical to be a part of these boards, where they have rules that you agree to abide by because it is there place and that is what they ask of you? If you break the rules here you can be punished, just as these girls broke the rules and got punished.

I agree the word vagina should not have that much stigma attached, but with freedom of speech comes responsability....I don't think the word was the issue it was there word that was the issue.

This instance has nothing to do with censorship and everything to do with politeness (or lack there of). I am sure the word vagina was mentioned in discussions with the principal, and they were not punished for the mere use of the word, but were asked to not used it in a school sponsored event were the general public would attended, just as we at canna.com are asked to not talk about certain things and have a general civility toward each other, or we will be suspended.

Now if these girls wanted to do a production of the vagina monologues, got some local theater company to give them time on a stage and the local church ladies rallied and got them shut down, that would be censorship.

[Matt the Funk]

I hate to be the stick in the mud...but did any of you read the article??? It wasn't the word that got them in trouble it was the fact they promised not to say it and then did. They were told this was a public forum and people of all ages may be there including children. If they had a problem with that then they could of got the ACLU to lawyer-up with them and sue the school.....

What is this country coming to when children are taught to break their word....

I agree the word vagina is quite accepted word among adults, but who made these girls the one to decide that for everyone in attendence....


//END RANT//

With that being said...I'm married with kids, can anyone remind me what a vagina is???
Exactly lol. I read all the replies and I just kept thinking if anyone bothered to read the article....

[dutch.lover]

Nothing personal taken.

However, Is it not a bit hypocritical to be a part of these boards, where they have rules that you agree to abide by because it is there place and that is what they ask of you? If you break the rules here you can be punished, just as these girls broke the rules and got punished.

I agree the word vagina should not have that much stigma attached, but with freedom of speech comes responsability....I don't think the word was the issue it was there word that was the issue.

This instance has nothing to do with censorship and everything to do with politeness (or lack there of). I am sure the word vagina was mentioned in discussions with the principal, and they were not punished for the mere use of the word, but were asked to not used it in a school sponsored event were the general public would attended, just as we at canna.com are asked to not talk about certain things and have a general civility toward each other, or we will be suspended.

Now if these girls wanted to do a production of the vagina monologues, got some local theater company to give them time on a stage and the local church ladies rallied and got them shut down, that would be censorship.

You've got to ask "why were these girls not allowed to say the word vagina?". There's my point- there is NO GOOD REASON to make them omit that word. Absolutely none. If canna.com forced me to withhold intelligent, scientifically-correct vocabulary, especially sex-related, I would freak out and probably quit the boards. I can see why they censor certain things; in Canada we have freedom of speech but hate speech is illegal. The girls never should have been forced to omit the word vagina in the first place.

The US needs to lighten up when it comes to sex... do you guys know how many states are trying to make EVERYTHING sexual illegal? New York is one example. All the Southern States too. No strip clubs, no adult bookstores, nada. By censoring the word vagina, you really have to ask yourself what is next to come.

[Hardcore Newbie]

By censoring the word vagina, you really have to ask yourself what is next to come.We're going to have to create robots that can identify genitals, so when we have sex with people, those robots can censor our genitals from one another.

[midlifecrisis]

You've got to ask "why were these girls not allowed to say the word vagina?". There's my point- there is NO GOOD REASON to make them omit that word. Absolutely none. If canna.com forced me to withhold intelligent, scientifically-correct vocabulary, especially sex-related, I would freak out and probably quit the boards. I can see why they censor certain things; in Canada we have freedom of speech but hate speech is illegal. The girls never should have been forced to omit the word vagina in the first place.

The US needs to lighten up when it comes to sex... do you guys know how many states are trying to make EVERYTHING sexual illegal? New York is one example. All the Southern States too. No strip clubs, no adult bookstores, nada. By censoring the word vagina, you really have to ask yourself what is next to come.

OK, I see that we don't agree 100% on this.
I do agree that the word vagina should not have been such a big deal, I disagree with your slippery slope idea that this will lead to mass censorship, that could be classified as paranoia, I'll chalk it up to an over-statement.

I agree that the US (and many other countries in the world) need to lighten up on sex, it is a natural and healthy part of life. However I respect the fact that some parents may not be ready to discuss this with there five year old and therefore if I was asked not to use the word in a school sponsored public event I would be OK with that request and not deem it censorship.

As to Canna.com they do actually censor "intelligent, scientifically-correct vocabulary" not necessarily sex related but when it deals with harsher recreational substances they do, and I am OK with it because it is their rule, their place, and I respect that. Now If Sundance, P4b, or that lizard guy came to my backyard and told me to stop my discussion about these things I would tell them to go blow.

Now with all that said I believe the real question is why were the girls suspended? Because they said the word vagina (may I add in unison which denotes their deliberate intent) or because they were asked not to, agreed to that, and then did so anyways. I believe the punishment was for breaking their word, not for the word.

[A Scanner Darkly]

This is ridiculous. Censorship in general is fucking ridiculous. I did my thesis on censorship and it is out of control. I think our forefathers would be rolling in their graves if they seen how free speech is being violated in todays times. Like Maynard James Keenan says, "Censorship IS a cancer".

That is exactly what I would have said, but you beat me to it! Except the Maynard quote, I wouldn't have thought of that. :smokin:

[Specialty Cakes]

my personal opinion is that the stereotypical "african american" would get his ass beat to hell for bringing shame to his roots if he went to africa. but that's just from my experience. most "african americans" are in no way african. sorry.

[Specialty Cakes]

forget what I just said, I'm a dumbass

[KingsBlend420]

the vagina monologues were at my college a while back, a few friends and I smoked a few bowls before and went, it was one of the funnest and funniest experiences this year

[J-dubb206]

Man that is some stupid shit, what is this world coming too?