http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/teamkenan/college-sex-everywhere/ Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/teamkenan/college-sex-everywhere/#comment-35 Sadhna G Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:40:31 +0000 http://devilsdilemma.wordpress.com/?p=448#comment-35 I definitely agree that colleges need to incorporate conversations about sex into their campus life. Although many institutions would prefer to separate sex from their academic focus, it is clear that the two are intertwined and young adults are undoubtedly dealing with these issues during their time at college. I think it's interesting how different colleges, based on their reputation and how liberal or conservative they are, responded to these incidents differently. I think the UMass student has a right to express her personal opinion in a column, regardless of how much I may disagree with what the statement implies. I was quite surprised that BYU's honor code forbids pre-maritial sex but this also seems to be a fair reaction, because the student signed the honor code and presumably knew the consequences of his actions. Similarly, the Northwestern professor gave his students plenty of fair warnings about the demonstration and the opportunity to leave the class before it happened. Nobody is being forced to read the masturbation guide, either. To me, these events really highlight the need for more discussion about sex, which will hopefully help to make the subject less taboo--- especially on college campuses where sex is everywhere. I definitely agree that colleges need to incorporate conversations about sex into their campus life. Although many institutions would prefer to separate sex from their academic focus, it is clear that the two are intertwined and young adults are undoubtedly dealing with these issues during their time at college.
I think it’s interesting how different colleges, based on their reputation and how liberal or conservative they are, responded to these incidents differently. I think the UMass student has a right to express her personal opinion in a column, regardless of how much I may disagree with what the statement implies.
I was quite surprised that BYU’s honor code forbids pre-maritial sex but this also seems to be a fair reaction, because the student signed the honor code and presumably knew the consequences of his actions.
Similarly, the Northwestern professor gave his students plenty of fair warnings about the demonstration and the opportunity to leave the class before it happened. Nobody is being forced to read the masturbation guide, either.
To me, these events really highlight the need for more discussion about sex, which will hopefully help to make the subject less taboo— especially on college campuses where sex is everywhere.

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