The Dirty Bird: sex and the student body
Dear Erica,
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Dear Erica,
Earlier this week, state Senator Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, proposed a bill, which would essentially repeal the 2010 Healthy Youth Act. HYA requires schools that offer sex education to offer comprehensive education discussing contraceptives, sexually transmitted infections, and healthy relationships. Lazich's bill proposes changing the preferred method of sex ""education"" in the state of Wisconsin to emphasize abstinence as ""the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy.""
Dear Erica,
Since it is generally considered polite to introduce oneself prior to sex, please allow me to do so. My name is Erica, and I'm your friendly campus sex columnist. My column runs on Fridays (just in time for the weekend!), and you might occasionally find me in the opinion section if something really juicy comes up.
April is a sexually exhausting month. I hope you've had the chance to enjoy some of the important and inspiring events that have gone on for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Out and About Month, National Day of Silence, Break the Silence Wisconsin and Sexual Health Week. And before April comes to a close, I want to plug one more event that's near and dear to my heart: STD Awareness Month.
The advice given [last week] to the [person] disgusted by [their] partner's pornography collection was the most ignorant, ill-informed bit of guidance I have ever seen. Ever. Even if the collection was not illegal, if it was material that is degrading, such as [example of material I find degrading], the [person] has every right to be both angry and repulsed.
A few days ago, I was using my boyfriend's computer and found some porn. I didn't like it at all. I wasn't snooping, but I was just using his computer to check my e-mail and I think he may have forgotten to clear his search history … I consider myself an open person, and we have a satisfying sex life. He and I have even watched porn together before, but this particular material was such a turnoff. I'm not sure what to do about it. How do I approach him about this?
In the stellar poem ""Blue Blanket,"" Andrea Gibson describes her reaction to a friend confiding in her about sexual assault:
Hey. Why aren't you e-mailing us? If anything, the sex@dailycardinal.com inbox should be fuller than normal after spring break. So send in your sex questions (or comments or stories, if you prefer). Kthx.
What would the state of sexual health look like if individuals were free to make up information that suited them?
In the past, my boyfriends have always reaped the benefits of lots of oral sex…I love giving head. My problem is that I just got a new boyfriend and like an idiot, I talked up my skills and told him how much I love to give head…but when I blew him for the first time, he tasted awful. I thought maybe it was a fluke or something, but when I tried it again it was just as bad.
My partner and I have so far only been having oral sex, which is great. No problems there. Recently, he told me he wants to try anal. I have no problems with this in theory, but when we tried it, I completely froze up. I don't know how to explain it, but I just got so nervous … and we ended up just going to bed. How can I over come this?
My boyfriend dumped me last year. I'm over it; it's fine. The real problem is, he bought me a REALLY nice, REALLY expensive ($100+) vibrator when we were dating. Since the dumpage I've tried using it, but it only brings up bad memories about my ex. How can I use the vibrator without feeling weird every time? —Feeling Bad Vibes
This week's column marks the third and final installment in our female orgasm series. Today, we're hearing from a group of people who enjoy helping a female-bodied partner achieve orgasm. If you like giving ladies orgasms and/or you're a lady who likes having orgasms, take heed.
O hai. Welcome back and stuff. As you may remember from last semester, we are on part two of a three-part series on female orgasms. This installment offers tips from women for women about how to achieve the big O. Ready, go.
The first time I had an orgasm occurred approximately three years after the first time I had sex.
I'm a 27-year-old virgin male … I have always wanted to fall in love before I feel like I'm ready for lovemaking. That never happened. And now I'm quite sure that neither is there such a person as ""Mrs. Right"" nor will there be. But I do want to [get] involved in an intimate relationship that will last all my life …
Reading [last week's] in-depth ""tips"" article [on blowjobs] immediately made me think it would be great to do an article on giving women head, something many men and women are clueless about. Obviously, this is only a suggestion, but … it's a topic that needs to be spoken about more often.
My boyfriend and I are in the first long term relationship for both of us. Neither of us think we're ready for sex (intercourse) yet, but we want to try some other activities … my question specifically is about blowjobs. I don't have a lot of experience in this area and I was wondering if you have any tips or suggestions for giving a good blowjob. Thanks.
My boyfriend and I have been together for a VERY LONG TIME (3 years) and I have a problem. I love my boyfriend very much, but the sex has gotten so boring. I've tried to talk to him about it, but he just gets defensive and doesn't want to talk…