News | 3/25/07

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How do you give a woman an orgasm? How do you give one to yourself? Where's the G-spot? These questions were answered March 14 during "I Love Female Orgasm," a lecture designed to explore the intricacies, myths and facts about female sexuality.

Sex educator Dorian Solot and her husband Marshall Miller spoke to about 500 students in the University Union Chesapeake Rooms.

"There are important health reasons as to why we need access to really good information about our bodies and our sexuality. If women don't have this access to accurate information, how would we have the awareness level to notice the symptoms of an STD or have the courage to have it checked out?," Solot said. "How would we have the confidence to say no for sex we're not interested in, or the skills to negotiate for safe sex with a partner who's giving us a hard time?"

Solot, a breast cancer survivor, discovered a small lump in her chest when she was 26 years old.

"For me this is not theoretical. The fact that I was comfortable with my own body may have saved my life," she said. "I was so grateful that I wasn't one of those women that internalized that it was bad to touch your own body."

The pair asked the audience what they had heard about female orgasms.

"It feels like you have to pee," said one female student. "It feels 10 times better than a guy's," another said.

Miller and Solot used a projection screen to show a collection of magazine covers detailing descriptions of articles concerning "the big O."

Solot focused on one headline: "Can't peak with him? Fail proof ways to reach the finish line." The article referenced climaxing together with a partner. Solot spent a few minutes dispelling the notion that a simultaneous orgasm is an easy task as seen in movies and television.

"It's perfectly fine to have sequential orgasm," Solot said.

The crowd was then divided by gender and the women were given the opportunity to ask questions and take advantage of Solot's expertise.

The men moved to Room 305 and discussed how to become a better lover and listened to Miller compare driver's education and sex education. According to Miller, sex education instructors implore more of a "just don't do it" approach and that it's dangerous. If driver's ed was taught the same way, lessons would focus on always wearing your seatbelt and you wouldn't be taught how to parallel park, he said.

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