'Female Orgasm' comes to campus

Brown University's sexual education programs, "Bisexual, Heteroflexible, or No Label at All" and "Let's Talk About Sex: The Female Orgasm" comes to UTC April 12 and 13."We have a tendency here on campus to be very structured in what we say and what we don't," Carol Oglesby, coordinator of student civic engagement and physical health education said. "These folks from Brown University speak the way the students do and they talk about everything from the female orgasm to a male erection, to how you entertain your significant other sexually. And these are things we haven't ever been able to talk about on this campus."

Oglesby said the presenters of the program, Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller, are both sex psychologists with degrees from Brown University. She said they have performed this humorous and educational program at more than 450 universities in the last seven years.

"It's not your everyday sex education," Oglesby said. "Not only are these guys sexual psychologists, they are comedians."

Oglesby said she has gotten great reviews from other universities. She said she called the University of Oklahoma, University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina. Oglesby said representatives from those universities said students came out in droves to the program.

"It's very open," Oglesby said. "If you're going to come to the show, be open and ready to hear anything. You can say whatever you like. Nothing is off limits. They certainly use language that students are used to hearing on a regular basis."

Oglesby said Monday night's program in the Multicultural Center, "Bisexual, Heteroflexible, No Label at All," will focus primarily on the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Questioning community, but both programs will include discussion of all aspects of human sexuality.

"There seems to be an atmosphere on this campus that being open sexually is not appropriate or there are women and men who hide behind their sexuality," Oglesby said. "They don't come out in the open with who they are. And if you aren't able to discuss your sexuality in an open manner with someone, then you've probably got a lot of questions that need to be answered."

These programs are being cosponsored by Student Development, the Women's Center, the Multicultural Center, the Student Government Association, the Office of Diversity, Speaker's and Special Events and the Wellness Center.

Chris Cahill, a Memphis junior, said he has heard about the program, but is a little uncertain about it.

"I'm convinced that the whole presentation is a lie, just like Bigfoot and the 19th Amendment." Cahill said. "I'm just going to have to see it for myself."

Cahill said in some instances it is better for students to figure things out for themselves instead of attending sex education programs.

"Students in the wild are in their prime, and think much more openly about sex with their friends," Cahill said.

Aaron Ayers, a Chattanooga senior said he thinks the program is great and plans on attending with his girlfriend.

"Everyone should be better educated in the sexual arts," Ayers said. "People shouldn't be so close-minded. After all, this is a university.