Contemporary Forum Coordinator of Geneseo Campus Activities Board junior Jack Grant (pictured above) coordinated the annual event “I Love Female Orgasm” on Friday Sept. 7. The presentation provided the audience with an entertaining and informational experience (Catherine White/editor-in-chief).
Many students across campus were wearing t-shirts or sporting a pin that read, “I Heart the Female Orgasm,” on Friday Sept. 7. They were anxiously awaiting the annual “I Love Female Orgasm” event organized by the Geneseo Campus Activities Board.
Any onlooker could tell how excited students were for the event as lines of students trailed outside of Newton 202 20 minutes before the doors even opened.
Sex is still a subject that is often whispered about behind closed doors, even in 2018. Women are often slut-shamed or conditioned to not fully embrace their bodies.
President of GCAB junior Jack Grant began the event by introducing the speakers to the audience. Grant took part in setting up and organizing the event.
Dorian Solot, co-founder of Sex Discussed Here! is a sex educator who goes to college campuses with the goal of creating an environment where sex can be discussed openly in a fun and engaging way. She presented alongside her co-presenter Marshall Miller.
Solot began speaking on college campuses after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 26. She discovered the lump on her breast by exploring her body, something that many young women are uncomfortable doing. Solot expressed to the crowd that her being comfortable enough with herself to explore her body saved her life.
Solot used humor and visual images to get her message across to the crowd. At the very beginning of the presentation, she displayed a picture of a grapefruit that looked like a vagina, then an orange, then suddenly the entire screen was filled with fruit that looked like human genitals.
Using the fruit as a metaphor, she pointed out that—like actual genitalia—no fruit looks the same, yet each fruit is perfect in its own way. The audience was both laughing and understanding as Solot continued to explain the human body.
Many high school anatomy classes will teach students about sex in a clinical and formal way that leaves teenagers more confused than when they started the class. The way Solot explained sex to the audience was far above the typical high school explanation.
Solot pointed out that an image of a fallopian tube in no way helps students understand the act of sex. Instead, she dove deeper into the human anatomy, encouraging students to learn about both their bodies and their partner’s body.
There was a major emphasis placed on inclusivity throughout the event. The public and media often make members of the LGBTQ+ community feel that they need to hide their sexual desires.
Solot not only emphasized the cis-gender person, but people who identified as asexual, transgender, gay, bisexual and queer as well. The event encouraged members of all sexual orientations to proudly explore their body. Although the event name may sound exclusive, it strived to help everybody be comfortable with their bodies and sexual orientation.
At the end of the event, groups of students walked out of the auditorium in awe at how enlightening the presentation was and how excited they were for Solot to return next year. She created a memorable experience by allowing students to laugh and talk about a taboo subject that many people do not get to spend very much time discussing.
Solot and her team have taken Geneseo by storm ten out of the past twelve years; every year the turnout seems even better than the last. They understand the importance of younger individuals understanding sex and make it an enjoyable experience for all.