Anamaria Soler/Staff Writer Sexuality can sometimes be a controversial topic in society, but FIU’S Sexual Health Alliance Revolutionizing Positivity wants to change the stigma. The honors college organization mission is to promote sexual health while breaking down the social and cultural taboos associated with sexuality, according Jocelyn Briones, president of FIU SHARP. Inclusion, empowerment and […]
Nayeli Lomeli/Contributing Writer It was the summer of 2018 and there she was, in a shop at Boston. In that moment, for the first time ever, she found a place where she belonged. She was attended by a transgender woman and talked to a woman about sex in LGBTQ and outside the binary contexts. […]
Rina Factor/ Contributing Writer Usually, people either seek out or accidentally come across pornography the first time they view it. Both encounters are shocking, but the continuous viewing of pornography desensitizes the viewer so that they need to seek out increasingly obscene pornography in order to become aroused. The viewer shifts from vanilla sex to […]
Take a step into English 101 for a second: a pronoun, according to the Cambridge English Dictionary, is “a word that is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase” and can show possession. “ S h e , ” “ h e r , ” “ h e ” a n d “him,” […]
Clara Barros/ Contributing Writer Filling out forms is always an obnoxious task for everyone, but for people who study humanities or social sciences, it is particularly annoying whenever we run into that part that says “Gender” and then asks you to check “Female” or “Male.” The confusion between sex and gender is a very common […]
Caroline Lozano/ Assistant Opinion Director Sex has always been a bit of a tricky subject to talk about as one can never really tell what kind of reaction it can elicit from others. For those who identify as Christians, reactions can vary from understanding to utter embarrassment — the latter of which has no place […]
Figuring out how to convey the message that sex is one of life’s great pleasures and that its consequences can be devastating requires a continuous conversation at every stage of life. Of course it’s difficult to talk to someone, especially parents who are conservative, but what we need to be reminded of is that it’s […]
Written by: Barbara Andrade /Staff Writer Maria Falzone, comedian and one of the most sought-after college speakers, wants to teach students about sex and as part of sexual assault awareness month, the Women’s Center is bringing her to the University. On April 13, Falzone will host a speaker series called “Sex Rules! Laugh and Learn the […]
With Valentine’s day around the corner, we polled students at the University to find out more about their sex habits. Nia Young/ PantherNOW
While there are programs that emphasize academic responsibility, there are a few, if any, that thoroughly provide sexual literacy and information for students. The brief skit performed at freshman orientation does nothing to pro9vide a clear picture of what consent really is. It doesn’t explain that consent can be taken away at any point, that it must […]
