They say that you can’t please all people all the time.
But after $1,300 spent on everything—including a rubber duck-shaped underwater vibrator and vagina cupcakes courtesy of erotic bakery Sweet & Nasty—one would hope that you could please nearly everyone.
Thursday’s Female Orgasm Seminar hosted by Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) received rave reviews from many attendees. Unfortunately, some members of RUS who planned the event were slightly disappointed with speaker Kim Airs. Although her off-color hijinks titillated audience members, some were offended by her heteronormative focus.
Before the event, members of RUS discussed with Airs the topics they hoped to cover, as well as the need to respond to a sexually diverse population. Once the seminar began, however, the speaker went off on her own wacky tangent, squirting herself with lubricant and expressing controversial views on rape fantasies.
“Some comments made by the speaker were inconsistent with the co-sponsors who organized it,” says Ana Huang ’08, who was one of the organizers. Airs spent little time discussing options outside of male-female intercourse.
In contrast, last semester’s speaker—who also worked at Grand Opening—passed out similar information, but referred to people as “male-bodied” and “female-bodied” in an effort to remain sensitive to transgendered individuals.
But the event organizers say they understand Airs’ tactics. “Our expectation was that she would inundate the program with tons of information and have less focus on entertainment,” says Huang, “but I can imagine with such a big crowd and such a diverse group of people, it would be hard to keep their attention.”
Despite the controversy, RUS is thrilled at the turnout for the event. They’re glad everyone came.
