"Conversation About Sex on Campus"

This sounds interesting, a forum on sexual activity at college campuses held at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPCC) in DC tonight:

Modest Proposals - A  Conversation About Sex on Campus

Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 5 - 7 PM

Location: 

Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 15th ST, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

"Many college campuses across the country report rising numbers of sexual assaults, date rapes, and sexually-transmitted infections. And there is reason to believe the "hook up" culture -- the prevalence of sexual activity with "no strings attached" -- is affecting students’ mental health."

"Are students today well-educated about healthy relationships? Are college administrators taking the right approach to reducing health risks? On November 13, five experts will come together to discuss the state of affairs on campus -- and some modest proposals."

Laura Sessions Stepp is a Washington Post writer and author of Unhooked (2007).  Dr. Miriam Grossman is a campus psychiatrist at UCLA and author of Unprotected (2006). Wendy Shalit is author of A Return to Modesty (1999) and Girls Gone Mild (2007). Cassandra DeBenedetto is a recent graduate of Princeton University and founder of Princeton's Anscombe Society.  Dawn Eden is director of the Cardinal Newman Society's Love and Responsibility Program and author of The Thrill of the Chaste (2007).

A book signing and wine-and-cheese reception will follow the discussion.

REGISTRATION: You must register to attend this event.
E-mail: send your name and affiliation to mrybak@eppc.org.
Fax: your name and affiliation to (202) 408-0632, with attention to Mary Rose Rybak.

Sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Cardinal Newman Society, with additional support from the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.

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This forum has some feminists up in arms, who think any questioning of "no strings attached" sex among college students is heresy.  God forbid there anyone should question the outcome of the so-called sexual revolution.  The outcome has been decidely mixed, and quite negative in some respects.  Feminists seem unable to admit it has created substantial problems for young women, while it has been a boon for men who want to sleep around with zero responsibility.  Hugh Hefner's dreams have come true.

The pressure for college students to have casual sex (the "zipless f*ck", in 70's parlance) is very strong.  If we truly value freedom of choice and having control over one's body,  then feminists and college administrators would support men and women who are chaste as much as they support those who are sexually active. But that isn't the case at all.  The status quo on many college campuses is that you're normal and healthy if you're screwing around, but you're repressed and inhibited if you're not. Let's bring that pendulum back to the middle, shall we?