Editing Vagina (section)

===In literature and art===
{{Main|Vagina and vulva in art}}
The ''[[vagina loquens]]'', or "talking vagina", is a significant tradition in literature and art, dating back to the ancient [[folklore]] [[Motif (folkloristics)|motifs]] of the "talking cunt".<ref name=ozark>{{cite book|title=Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Blow the candle out|publisher=[[University of Arkansas Press]]|vauthors=Randolph V, Legman G|year=1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S93LdPw2KP0C|isbn=978-1-55728-237-8|pages=819–820|access-date=August 20, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000549/https://books.google.com/books?id=S93LdPw2KP0C|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Zizek>{{cite book|title=Organs without bodies: Deleuze and consequences|publisher=[[Routledge]]|vauthors=Zizek S|year=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp6-1yQbgmgC|isbn=978-0-415-96921-5|page=173|access-date=August 20, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000303/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp6-1yQbgmgC|url-status=live}}</ref> These tales usually involve vaginas talking by the effect of magic or charms, and often admitting to their lack of [[chastity]].<ref name=ozark/> Other folk tales relate the vagina as having teeth – ''[[vagina dentata]]'' ([[Latin]] for "toothed vagina"). These carry the implication that sexual intercourse might result in injury, [[emasculation]], or [[castration]] for the man involved. These stories were frequently told as [[cautionary tale]]s warning of the dangers of unknown women and to discourage [[rape]].<ref name=WhatsUp>{{cite book |isbn=978-0-312-64436-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ybaNhKqGmwC&pg=PA59 |title=What's Up Down There?: Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |date=2010 |page=59 |vauthors=Rankin L |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000301/https://books.google.com/books?id=2ybaNhKqGmwC&pg=PA59 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1966, the French artist [[Niki de Saint Phalle]] collaborated with [[Dadaist]] artist [[Jean Tinguely]] and Per Olof Ultvedt on a large sculpture installation entitled {{lang|sv|"hon-en katedral"|italic=unset}} (also spelled {{lang|sv|"Hon-en-Katedrall"|italic=unset}}, which means "she-a cathedral") for Moderna Museet, in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. The outer form is a giant, reclining sculpture of a woman which visitors can enter through a door-sized vaginal opening between her spread legs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Life & Work|publisher=nikidesaintphalle.org|date=2017|access-date=November 8, 2014|url=http://nikidesaintphalle.org/niki-de-saint-phalle/biography/#1965-1969|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104232128/http://nikidesaintphalle.org/niki-de-saint-phalle/biography/#1965-1969|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'', a 1996 episodic play by [[Eve Ensler]], has contributed to making female sexuality a topic of public discourse. It is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a number of women. Initially, Ensler performed every monologue herself, with subsequent performances featuring three actresses; latter versions feature a different actress for every role. Each of the monologues deals with an aspect of the [[Femininity|feminine experience]], touching on matters such as sexual activity, love, rape, menstruation, female genital mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the various common names for the vagina, or simply as a physical aspect of the body. A recurring theme throughout the pieces is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality.<ref name="Ensler">{{cite book |vauthors=[[Eve Ensler|Ensler E]] |title=The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition |publisher=[[Random House|Random House LLC]] |isbn=978-0-375-50658-1 |year=2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G74c4i2SUmAC |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000553/https://books.google.com/books?id=G74c4i2SUmAC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Coleman">{{cite book |vauthors=Coleman C |title=Coming to Read "The Vagina Monologues": A Biomythographical Unravelling of the Narrative |publisher=[[University of New Brunswick]] |isbn=978-0-494-46655-1|year=2006}}</ref>