SEX ed
Week’s events need reexamination

Sex. It is a common topic for many college students.

This week students nationwide will have the opportunity to learn about safe sex during Sexual Responsibility Week, where college students educate each other about sex. It would seem that this week is more of a joke.

One part of the festivities is a contest in which contestants guess how many condoms are in a jar. How does counting condoms promote sexual responsibility?

In fact Hyperfrogs, the student organization sponsoring Sexual Responsibility Week, is not even allowed to pass out condoms. Hyperfrogs officers say in previous years condoms were distributed, but it is no longer an option. They say because a bad batch of condoms were distributed in the past it is a liability issue for them to pass out the protection items.

Organizers of Sexual Responsibility Week also want to promote abstinence as part of sexual responsibility, which is fine, but providing protection for those who are sexually active would do more to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.

Students who choose to be abstinent are not the ones who are likely to receive benefits from Sexual Responsibility Week and are not likely to jump to the front of the line to pick up information on the topic.

Students who are sexually active are probably not getting a lot out of this. Sure there are pamphlets with all kinds of great information on sex related topics that read, “Women and STDs,” “How to use a condom” and “Sex under the influence.” Yet how many students are willing to walk up to a table in the Student Center and pick up one of the pamphlets?

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