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from www.the otherpaper.com – Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) is a student-organized week of presentations, parties, art and sex-ed “designed to pique students’ interest and spark dialogue through creative, interactive, and innovative programming.”

The schedule covers everything. Tonight, Babeland (erotic toy retailer) is teaching “Lip Tricks: Blowjobs and Going Down” while across campus the Yale Political Union is hosting a “Resolved: Reject Hook-Up Culture” debate.

Other presenters include Ohio-born BDSM starlet, web master and feminist gallery owner Madison Young leading a panel discussion on Sex, Gender & Pornography with Joanna Angel and Sasha Grey, as well as a series of lectures with safe-sex educators, clinical sexologists, publishers, biologists and anthropologists.

Here’s how the rest of the week shapes up:

4:00 pm – WLH 207
Maryann Abbott- Developments in Safer Sex

Maryann Abbott is currently the Project Director for the Female Condom Multi-level Community Intervention at The Institute for Community Research. Since 1999, Maryann has worked in the US and China on several research projects focused on HIV and women’s reproductive health. As heterosexual HIV transmission continues to be one of the most tenacious problems for reversing the epidemic, global public health initiatives have increasingly focused on new technologies including topical microbicides, substances currently in development that would reduce transmission of HIV and other STIs and the female condom, the only woman-initiated prevention option now available. We will present data from two Hartford, CT studies focused on the acceptability and use of the female condom and a simulated microbicide.

5:30 pm – LC 102
Helen Fisher – Lust, Romance, and Attraction: The Drive to Love

As the most referenced scholar in the love research community and author of five books on the subject, in this talk Dr. Fisher discusses what happens to the brain when we’re in love. Helen Fisher, PhD is a Biological Anthropologist, Research Professor and member of the Center for Human Evolution Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Internet dating site, Chemistry.com, a division of Match.com. She has conducted extensive research and written five books on the evolution and future of human sex, love, marriage, gender differences in the brain and how your personality type shapes who you are and who you love.

6:00 – 7:00pm – SSS 114
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7:00pm – SSS 114
Babeland’s Lip Tricks: Blowjobs and Going Down

Babeland, America’s popular purveyor of sex toys, shares tips and techniques on all things oral from our new book, Moregasm: Babeland’s Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex. From kissing to blowjobs and cunnilingus, become an oral expert and have new, more satisfying adventures. Learn how to find the sweet spots, get never-fail oral sex tips and hand and tongue techniques and discover the perfect toys to complement your efforts.

7:30
Yale Political Union Debate – ‘Resolved: Reject Hookup Culture’
Wednesday, Feb. 10th

5:30 pm
Andrew Trees – Decoding Love WLH 207

In an attempt to understand human attraction and how it works, Andrew Trees’s Decoding Love explores the latest research from a variety of fields, including neurochemistry, evolutionary psychology, and game theory. In his talk, Trees will explore the panorama of underlying causes that shape the strange rituals of our modern mating dance. Using everything from testicle size to the role of saliva in finding a mate, he will try to shed light on the frequently confounding nature of what attracts one person to another.

7:00 pm – LC 102
Your Royal Flyness – From the Classroom to the Dorm Room: The Do’s and Don’t of Dating in College

Your Royal Flyness, author, dating expert and “Meeter” of Hundreds of Women Online, is coming to school Yalies on the lessons they have always wished they had learned. Do Not Miss this event as Flyness breaks down the exposes the secrets and rules to dating in college!

9:00 pm Silliman Dining Hall
Give Some, Get Some: Speed Date for Charity
Sign up will be in Commons during Lunch (weekdays) from Wednesday the 3rd through the 10th, and at the door. Beat the line and get your ticket early. Admission:$5 – proceeds go to America’s Promise Alliance, a Children’s Charity.

10:00 pm – Hula Hanks
Senior Class Council – Senior Singles Mixer
Thursday, Feb.11th

4:00 pm – LC 102
Patty Brisben – The Naked Truth

Brisben’s goal is to educate college campuses on safe sex, sexual health, and relationship maintenance – along with helping them to discover a comfortable place to explore their sexuality. The Naked Truth presentation strives to debunk some of the societal myths about the adult retail industry and the role it plays in improving sexual health. Additionally, it serves to answer questions regarding all topics of sexuality and relationships, and gives students the confidence to ask extremely personal questions which they may not have felt comfortable asking in a normal classroom setting. Pure Romance is here to help the young adult population “get the truth before you get naked”!

5:30 – LC 211
Lamont Hiebert of Love 146 – Anti-Trafficking Info Session

Lamont Hiebert is a Co-Founder and Prevention Strategist for Love146. As a seasoned Love146 spokesperson, Hiebert powerfully communicates the challenges and solutions regarding child sex slavery and exploitation. Not only does Hiebert inform his audience, he empowers them through redemptive stories and songs. Listeners will be eager to join the fight against modern-day slavery. The Daily Campus at UCONN calls his presentation, “Authentic, thought-provoking and emotional.”

7:00 pm – SSS 114
Red Light Rights: The Human and Labor Rights of Sex Workers

Join Monica Shores of $pread Magazine,, Will Rockwell of $pread and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, and Sienna Baskin of the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project for an in-depth discussion of the sex industry from personal, labor, and human rights perspectives.

8:00 pm – Whitney Humanities Center
Yale Film Society – Screening of Midnight Cowboy
In collaboration with The Yale Film Society, Yale’s student film culture group, bringing students together to discuss and experience film, we will be screening Midnight Cowboy, the only X-rated film to win an Oscar.

9:00 pm – Anna Liffey’s
Patty Brisben & Pure Romance – Girls Night Out

The first 50 lucky ladies to arrive will receive a free gift! Get intimate with Patty and her team as they discuss how much fun you can have with Pure Romance products – whether it’s by yourself or with a partner.
Friday, Feb.12th
4:00 pm – WLH 208
Elayne Angel – Erotic Piercing
Professional body piercer and body modification enthusiast, Elayne Angel has been working for nearly three decades to professionalize and promote body piercing. She discusses her sagely knowledge of erotic piercing with Yale students.

6:00 pm & 8:00 pm- Nick Chapel
Vagina Monologues V-Day Benefit Performance

tickets are 4$ @ door, proceeds benefit Milford Rape Crisis Center
email vaginamonologuesticketing@gmail.com to reserve a seat (pay @ door)

10:00 pm
Madison Young & James Mogul – Erotic Bondage Suspension Performance

10:00 pm
Trumbull College – 7

Greed. Lust. Wrath. Sloth. Envy. Pride. Gluttony. No better way to wrap up Sex Week than with Seven, Trumbull College?s celebration of all things sinful and its premier signature event. Come dressed as your favorite sin, and prepare for an evening of hot music, hotter costumes, and downright debauchery. $5 in advance $7 at the door.
Saturday, Feb.13th

1:30 pm
Buck Angel – Master’s Tea @ Pierson College

As an icon of popular culture, Buck Angel’s message of empowerment through
self-acceptance and being sexually comfortable in your own skin has struck
a passionate chord with folks all over the world. As an internationally recognized pioneer in the adult film industry, creating an entirely new genre of female-to-male adult entertainment, Buck is not only inspiring people to think outside the box, he is re-defining gender and educating an entire generation on the fluidity of sexuality and identity politics.

2:30 pm – WLH 208
James Mogul – An Introduction to Kink

4:30 pm – WLH 208
Madison Young – Sweet as Honey

Pleasuring the Pussy – Learn the anatomy of the vagina and how to
please it with your mouth, tongue and everything in between. From
lapping to nibbling discover fun and delicious ways to get the most
out of oral sex and have your lover begging for more.

7:00 pm – SSS 114
Panel Discussion – Sex, Gender, & Pornography
Moderated by Lux Alptraum, guests (all pioneers in progressive porn production) discuss how gender has influenced their roles and aspirations within the adult film industry. Panelists include creator of alt porn site BurningAngels, Joanna Angel, Feminist Porn Award-winning director/educator Tristan Taormino, Feminist Porn Award-winning director, Madison Young, FTM Trans pornography pioneer Buck Angel, and cross-over/breakthrough star Sasha Grey.

8:00 pm- Nick Chapel
Vagina Monologues V-Day Benefit Performance

tickets are 4$ @ door, proceeds benefit Milford Rape Crisis Center
email vaginamonologuesticketing@gmail.com to reserve a seat (pay @ door)

9:00 pm – Toad’s Place
Mardis Gras Bash Hosted by Joanna Angel
Sunday, Feb.14th

1:00 pm – WLH 208
Tristan Taormino – Beyond Monogamy: The Case for Open Relationships
Relationship and sex expert Tristan Taormino offers a bold new strategy for creating loving, lasting relationships. Drawing on in-depth research, interviews with over a hundred women and men, and her own personal experiences, Tristan explores the real-life benefits and challenges of open relationships in her new book. With her refreshingly down-to-earth style and sharp wit, Taormino argues that we must question the fairy tales and challenge the myths we’ve been taught about love, sex, intimacy, and commitment—only then can we create relationships that are honest, fulfilling, and really work.

2:30 – Saybrook College Master’s House
Dr. Susan Block – Sexual Fantasies

Susan Block, PhD, is “Dr. Suzy,” internationally renowned sexologist, therapist, bonobo advocate, award-winning sex educational filmmaker and bestselling author of The 10 Commandments of Pleasure. A familiar face on late-night HBO, she also hosts her own cable TV and Internet radio shows and is a syndicated blogger. A Yale graduate (Class of ’77), Dr. Suzy has participated in every Sex Week at Yale since its inception in 2002. She will speak at a Saybrook Master’s Tea, discussing “Sexual Fantasies.” The first 20 students to arrive receive her celebrated Doc Johnson Pocket Rockets!

4:30 – SSS 114
Sasha Grey – Positively Sexual

Sasha Grey, one of the biggest names in porn and an amazing cross-over
star, closes out Sex Week with a discussion on why sex doesn’t have to
be a guilty pleasure at all. Sasha, winner of 7 Adult Video News
Awards among many other honors, also recently starred in Academy-Award
winning director Steven Sodeberg’s The Girlfriend Factor and is widely
hailed as a new breed in the adult industry, known both for her talent
and her intellect.

*Event locations & time are subject to change. Please check back regularly to make sure you hit the right spot when the time comes.