Sexy Time in South Quad educates students on sex
Other than the opportunity to learn about sexual education, the promise of free lube and condoms also brought students to the “Sexy Time in South Quad” sex education event held in the Merrill Residential restaurant March 19.
“Ten minutes before the start time of the event we had already surpassed the attendance from last year, there were people lined up out the door,” said Suns Bay senior and volunteer Jill McFarlane. “It’s really important to educate everyone. We included a station for everyone regardless of their sexuality, sexual orientation or whether they are sexually active or inactive."
Residence life, Safer Sex Patrol and Sexual Aggression Peer Advocate volunteers collaborated to host the event that taught students about sex. Informational booths were set up that included games like “pin the clit” and “condom races.”
“I want to learn more about sex because it is a topic that is typically considered taboo,” said Eaton Rapids freshman Stephanie Hodges.
Hodges described her sex education as less-than-adequate, where they spent most of the time being scared by pictures of infected genitalia, she said.
Condoms and raffle tickets were passed out to everyone who visited the sex education stations. As promised, lubricants and sex toys were some of the things raffled off when the night came to a close.
“I came because I want to learn about sex, it’s really interesting,” said Sterling Heights freshman Sydney Besola. “Something I learned was that anal sex can be both for men and women.”
A safer sex patrol coordinator was present at the event and lead “condom races” where two participants raced to correctly put a condom on a plastic penis.
Greenfield junior Katie Schofield and Macomb sophomore Courtney Bialowas raced to be the first to correctly apply their condom onto a plastic penis.
“We learned two extra steps to using condoms that we didn’t know before,” Schofield said. “Now we know to always check the expiration date and make sure there is a bubble in the packaging, meaning the condom packet was not punctured.”
The game “pin the tail on the donkey” was modified to “pin the clit” at one of the stations.
“Typically I have to tell them where (the clitoris) is, because they don’t know,” said Clinton Township sophomore Kayla Rubio, who was running the station where students had to close their eyes and identify the location of the clitoris on a poster illustration of a vagina.
Waterford junior Claudia Davis made sure to stress the lesser-known facts about how Sexually Transmitted Illnesses are passed.
“You can get STI’s from tattoo or even piercing places if they don’t clean their equipment properly,” Davis said. “A lot of people aren’t fully educated on these certain topics regarding sex.”
On a serious note, the night included a presentation by SAPA. Students were asked to name characteristics of “the perfect man” and “the perfect woman.” The exercise demonstrated how words create a hierarchy of unachievable double standards.
“You hear things like ‘cunt,’ and ‘dyke’—things that dehumanize women,” Armada senior Krystal Diel told the crowd.
In regards to sexual health, services offered at Central Michigan University at the Foust Health Center include STI testing, pap smears and breast examinations.
