Despite what The Nation and Campus Progress have to say, the issue of sex in college is relevant to student body members of every persuasion—left, right, moderate, extroverted, abstinent, and oblivious. It’s edifying and it’s interesting and above all, it’s reality.
So, we’re having sex. Some of us more than others, some of us to better satisfaction than others. The diverse sexual identities of Wesleyan students means sex isn’t the same act for everyone, but if you say it’s “sex,” it’s sex. And it’s all over this campus—Sex Party, Wes Burlesque, Porn and Milkshakes, sex toy workshops, condoms in bathrooms and provocative posters all over campus (‘Hilary Clinton’s Hidden Vagenda,’ anyone?). But, in fact, while “Wes sex” is assertive, it’s so only the theoretical sense. No one actually is publicly talking about sex—the act, the foreplay, the aftermath. Be it gender-bender sex, crazy hookup sex, long-term relationship sex, new-to-the-game sex—no one is talking at all.
My bad.