What is the theme in The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler?

Another theme is female shame. In the introductions to the various monologues, as well as in the discussion/analysis of "V-Day" in the book's final sections there is the sense that the intent of both the individual monologues and the book as a whole is to free women from their shame, discomfort, and victimhood, both as individuals and as a sub-community of the human race. Saying the hidden word "vagina" out loud where there is still a widespread sense of unease about both the word and what it represents and talking about what it means to have one, both the good and the bad, are, in the book's intent, effective and powerful means of bringing women out from under the centuries-old domination of male influence.