{"id":10123,"date":"2012-02-05T23:21:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T04:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=10123"},"modified":"2015-05-25T21:14:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T01:14:20","slug":"sex-week-at-yale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/sex-week-at-yale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Week at Yale Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sex Week at Yale. In past years<\/a> it has included everything from sadomasochistic porn screenings, to sex toy demonstrations, to live nudity in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Last fall, after coming under federal investigation for alleged Title IX violations related to creating a hostile sexual environment for women, Yale administrators announced that the biennial pornification of Yale, aka \u201cSex Week,\u201d<\/a> would no longer be allowed to take place on campus.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, the university explained its decision to ban the decade-old series of sex-themed special events:<\/p>\n

We heard over and over from students, faculty, and staff that \u201cSex Week at Yale,\u201d a student-sponsored event, is highly problematic. A student-initiated event begun in 2002, it has described itself as \u201ca campus-wide interdisciplinary sex education program.\u201d Over time, this event clearly has lost the focus of its stated intention and in recent years it has prominently featured titillating displays, \u201cadult\u201d film stars, and commercial sponsors of such material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It only took them a few weeks to reverse their decision.<\/p>\n

Starting this week, Sex Week is back in its full glory. The only change is, this time around, while events are still being held in Yale classrooms, organizers are not allowed to use the Yale name in any of their promotional materials. So let\u2019s just call it \u201cSex Week (at Y\u2014).\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s just a few items on the schedule<\/a> this year:<\/p>\n

\u2013 XXX Haiku Workshop<\/p>\n

\u2013 Peg-Ass-Us: A Fairy-Tale with a (Very) Happy Ending Nick Chapel (Trumbull College Theatre)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Your Body Is a Wonderland: Body Image and Sexuality at Yale Branford Common Room<\/p>\n

\u2013 Work It: Founder of Babeland Sex Toys talks about Queer-Friendly Business and Pleasing Women<\/p>\n

\u2013 Stripped Stories: A Night of Hilarious Sex-Themed Storytelling and Games Saybrook<\/p>\n

\u2013 On the Grind: Queer Online Social-Networking<\/p>\n

\u2013 Hysteria, a British Romantic Comedy on the Accidental Discovery of the Vibrator, Film Prescreening with Director Tanya Wexler<\/p>\n

\u2013 Play With Your Playlist: Talk with Suki Dunham, Founder of OhMiBod Musical Vibrators<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bad Romantics: A History\u2026 Drag Show and Queer Cabaret<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fornication 101 with Oh Megan!<\/p>\n

\u2013 Carol Queen: \u201cWisdom from Someone who Loves Sex to Someone Just Starting<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more at National Review Online<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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