Tuesday, February 10

'Vagina Monologues' Silenced Before Shanghai Debut
The word "vagina" is repeated more than 100 times in the play. The slang word for vagina is considered so offensive in China it is usually written as an "X" in print media.
Heh. Shouldn't that be "B"? Anyway, the slang word for vagina is considered so offensive in the USA that it's virtually never seen in "respectable" publications, even with a bowdlerizing asterisk.

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