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huskypuppy14

Some surprising people being prudish in this thread.

Harvard has the biggest endowment in the country. The money is not the problem here. College is about learning about a range of topics, not just the ones in your major. Didn't your school have seminars and events that you were able to utilize and were paid for out of your student activity fee or something like that?

I think events like this are great.    

raissyrais

I think that's interesting! A tad unconventional but definitely interesting!

loro929

I also agree with PPs that are pro these types of seminars. They are important for people that are curious to at least be properly and adequately informed.

I probably would have attended if this was offered when I was in school. 

theartistformerlyknownas

huskypuppy14 said:

Some surprising people being prudish in this thread.

Harvard has the biggest endowment in the country. The money is not the problem here. College is about learning about a range of topics, not just the ones in your major. Didn't your school have seminars and events that you were able to utilize and were paid for out of your student activity fee or something like that?

I think events like this are great.    

Honestly, no. I went to a business school - everything they offered there was relevant. And just because this isn't the type of class I would expect or want to be offered by an institute of higher learning doesn't make me a prude. I would feel the same way if it was teaching how to make emoticons or underwater basketweaving.

ohannabelle

Yes, wonderful to have sexual education, and have the information available. If the "sex friendly" store sponsoring this really wanted to be taken seriously, they probably wouldn't have given their "seminar" such a ridiculous name.

Anybody smart enough to get in to Harvard is probably smart enough to find safe sex information  (in whatever orifice) on their own. 

If you need to pay for a seminar to figure out how to safely fuck someone in the ass/be fucked in the ass, you're probably not smart enough to be having sex. 

I honestly rolled my eyes. I wouldn't roll my eyes at a psych class on the study of human sexuality, and believe that intelligent sex education is absolutely necessary, but this struck me as ridiculous. The sponsor (Good Vibrations is the name of the store) found a way to advertise their dildos while hiding behind the self righteous pretense of education.

That makes my ass ache. No pun intended.

Edit for spelling.

Simky906

Obviously there are a lot of different feelings on this topic but I'm in favor of these types of events. My university didn't offer them but one in the same city did and I attended it with my BFF. She really wanted to go as in high school her mother didn't allow her to attend sex ed classes. Her only knowledge of sex came from chatting with friends and she wanted to know more. I think she would be a lot more nervous about sex today without that seminar.

Even among my friends who did have sex ed in school, many of those classes were 'this is how to use a condom but no form of BC is totally effective and here's all the diseases you'll get'. Another girlfriend came to a session with us because although she'd had sex, she'd never had an orgasm and felt like there was something wrong with herself due to that. It was very enlightening for all of us.

chibiyui

I think most college freshman are really stupid about sex, so I do find sex week to be a mutually beneficial for the vendors and students.

Lord knows Cosmo didn't teach me shit. And I can only imagine how bad the information in Mens Health is.

hellosweetie1015

ohannabelle said:

Yes, wonderful to have sexual education, and have the information available. If the "sex friendly" store sponsoring this really wanted to be taken seriously, they probably wouldn't have given their "seminar" such a ridiculous name.

Anybody smart enough to get in to Harvard is probably smart enough to find safe sex information  (in whatever orifice) on their own. 

If you need to pay for a seminar to figure out how to safely fuck someone in the ass/be fucked in the ass, you're probably not smart enough to be having sex. 

I honestly rolled my eyes. I wouldn't roll my eyes at a psych class on the study of human sexuality, and believe that intelligent sex education is absolutely necessary, but this struck me as ridiculous. The sponsor (Good Vibrations is the name of the store) found a way to advertise their dildos while hiding behind the self righteous pretense of education.

That makes my ass ache. No pun intended.

Edit for spelling.

In the State of Alabama the ONLY way you can even legally sell sex toys (at least, if you're in a physical building) is by hiding behind the self righteous pretense of education... so there's that.

jdluvr06

Sex Ed in high school sucks. A lot of parents don't have open honest sex discussions with their kids. Yes there is a lot of good info about sex out there that you can find by yourself but for every reliable piece of info there are twenty that are complete bull shit. There are a surprisingly large number of young adults who know next to nothing about sex and have no one reliable to talk to about it. Even if they did have someone to talk to they probably wouldn't, because in our society blunt discussions about sex tend to leave people feeling awkward. Having events like this can be super beneficial to the kids without other safe, reliable options. Yeah, the company sponsoring gets some advertisement, so what? Maybe they could have picked a better, more serious name for the seminar but like I said, talking vaginal sex can be awkward, talking anal sex will probably be way more awkward. Nothing wrong with deflecting awkwardness with humor.

Edited because autocorrect sucks.

VulgarGirl

Clearly I should have tried harder to get into an ivy league school. Stupid state college.

beethery

jdluvr06 said:

Sex Ed in high school sucks. A lot of parents don't have open honest sex discussions with their kids. Yes there is a lot of good info about sex out there that you can find by yourself but for every reliable piece of info there are twenty that are complete bull shit. There are a surprisingly large number of young adults who know next to nothing about sex and have no one reliable to talk to about it. Even if they did have someone to talk to they probably wouldn't, because in our society blunt discussions about sex tend to leave people feeling awkward. Having events like this can be super beneficial to the kids without other safe, reliable options. Yeah, the company sponsoring gets some advertisement, so what? Maybe they could have picked a better, more serious name for the seeming but like I said, talking vaginal sex can be awkward, talking anal sex will probably be way more awkward. Nothing wrong with deflecting awkwardness with humor.

To the bolded, all anyone has to do is look up sex questions on yahoo answers and that says it all. Soooooo many people have no idea what the hell is happening or even what they're supposed to do. Shit's WILD.

ohannabelle

I do not even know what to say about Alabama. Or 18 year olds that haven't been properly educated, if not by their schools, by their parents. Alabama and pitiful fearful parents- grade F. 

Good God. If you don't speak honestly and comfortably to your children, how can you possibly help when they need to ask questions? Directing your kids to correct information is part of the job. A damned important part.   

I truly thought this nonsense was a thing of the past. 

I constantly overestimate the intelligence of other human beings. I'm often disappointed. 

JennyColada

For the record, I grew up in California and the sex ed in my school consisted of wet dreams and...and not much else. And sex ed from my parents was my mother telling me "you can get STDs from blow jobs you know!" when dropping me off for college (years after I lost my virginity mind you).

The idea of someone being "smart enough to get into Harvard" equating to being smart enough to find answers to sex questions makes a huge assumption. Honestly, you need to know where to look. While it's common sense for you or me to look up our sex questions that's because we already have a decent basis on which our knowledge is built. If you don't have that, or don't even know enough to QUESTION something (I mean, how many people don't know that they can get pregnant despite "pulling out"?!) then no amount of high SAT scores is going to solve that.

The smartest people in the world could be dumb as rocks in regards to sex and romance.

We have a really great adult store (yay for living close to West Hollywood!) and they do weekly seminars on all sorts of things (one of which being the Anal Sex 101). I've attended quite a few seminars. Often they have people in the audience of 30+ (so it's not even the youthfully ignorant 18 year olds), and the sorts of questions posted at these seminars (and these are by fully grown adults actively seeking out this information! So it doesn't even take into account the people too dumb or embarrassed to learn!) is enough to make you cry.