When students at New York's small, prestigious Hamilton College walked on campus this fall, math, science and languages weren't the only topics of which they could avail themselves. The university's Womyn's Center also provided an "orgasm workshop," which aimed to teach "everything from multiple orgasms to that mysterious G-spot."Not to be outdone, the University of Maryland is teaming up with a local sex toy shop this weekend to host a seminar on how to buy more "environmentally friendly" sex aids. This comes as great news to non-single men, because if sex is bad for the environment, it makes every married guy an Erin Brockovich-style eco-warrior.
The idea that our universities are in the business of teaching students how to have sex with each other isn't particularly new. For years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has used student fees to fund the Sex Out Loud program, which serves the purpose of providing "graphic workshops on how to give and receive sexual pleasure." Supporters of the program claim it's necessary, given how 80% of students ages 18 to 24 are having sex. (Apparently, the other 20% are women who dated me.)
In the next two years, Sex Out Loud is scheduled to receive $200,000 to teach seminars such as "Kink," "Pleasure" and "Advanced Pleasure" (which, I assume is pleasure coupled with eating a roast beef sandwich). This week, its website features "Five Ways to Have a Kinky Halloween," including dressing like King Tut and re-enacting your favorite horror movie.
Perhaps these programs allow a valuable chance to go back and re-examine why we have universities in the first place. Presumably when UW's forefathers encouraged "sifting and winnowing," they weren't doing so in search of the "mysterious G-spot." (more...)
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