In the Vagina Monologues, one of the monologues called Under the Burqa stood out to me. I feel it related well to the readings for the week because much like Julia Pastrana and the victims of Sims experiments, these women that are subjected to a male dominated patriarchal society in which their autonomy is taken away. Obviously racial issues weigh heavily on all of these examples but I feel gender issues are the main cause. The monologue talked about the demeaning male dominated society that Middle Eastern women live in and the gender struggles can be seen cross culturally and universally.

Allison Brady