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Bailey Thompson<\/strong> | News Editor<\/span><\/p>\n After much anticipation and hard work from the numerous campus organizations who sponsored the event, renowned sex educators Lindsay Fram and Marshall Miller brought the program \u201cI <3 Female Orgasm\u201d to Western on Feb. 7. This event packed the Columbia Room in the Werner University Center, with a number of seats being added and still having several people standing in the back of the room.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPresented over 500 times to over 100,000 people in 44 states, the female orgasm program has become one of the most popular college sex-education programs in the country,\u201d said Abby\u2019s House Peer Advocate and senior community health education major Keith Mathew while introducing the program.<\/span><\/p>\n From the get-go, Fram communicated that this event would cover things that were lighthearted, but also serious at times.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is a fun topic, but it\u2019s not only a fun topic. There are a lot of really important health reasons that we all need access to good information about our bodies and our sexuality,\u201d said Fram. \u201cThere\u2019s this lie all around us that there\u2019s just one way to be sexual. That all of our bodies work the exact same way \u2014 that we all want the exact same thing. Or even the lie that says that we\u2019re all interested in being sexual. Because if we can reclaim our pleasure \u2026 that\u2019s a huge act of resistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In this way, the talk began by acknowledging the diversity of experience that would likely be in the room \u2014 both in terms of sexuality and gender identity.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne of the questions that some people may have had even before they got here tonight is \u2018how are they going to define female?\u2019 And we define it super inclusively,\u201d said Fram. \u201cWe\u2019re going to talk about people who were assigned female at birth, people who identify as women \u2014 we know sometimes those categories overlap and sometimes they don\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n With this established, Fram and Miller set out to explain a variety of things about the female orgasm: the science behind it, the different strategies to achieve it and the myths that surround it.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing that the presenters said was valuable for people to note is that there is a physical difference that exists surrounding orgasms for males and females, which some women may not fully realize.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOn average, it takes someone with a vulva and clitoris about 20 minutes of direct stimulation in a way that feels good to them to reach an orgasm,\u201d said Fram. Miller then contrasted this idea by saying that, \u201cit takes a person with a penis two to five minutes.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Taking this into consideration, Miller and Fram expressed that it is important that partners are willing to take the time to make sure that they are both being fulfilled when they are intimate.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important to do the hard work and listen to what your partner is trying to say and to try and see things from their perspective. That can really give a huge boost to your sex life,\u201d said Fram.<\/span><\/p>\n However, the pair also emphasized that this kind of experimentation with pleasure is also something that people can pursue on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf you have never had an orgasm before and you are interested in learning how, a lot of people say that masturbation is the fastest and easiest way to learn,\u201d said Fram. \u201cBy the age of 15, only about half of people with vaginas have figured out how to have an orgasm, but a lot of people with penises have figured that out. So, it\u2019s totally normal to be college-aged and still figuring out how to have an orgasm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The overarching message of this presentation was that there are many ways to experience pleasure, so people should not get too caught up in the rules and limitations that they have heard from society. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe really hope that you\u2019ll say goodbye to taboo and hello to more pleasure because, whether it is by yourself or with someone who you respect and respects you back, orgasms are awesome,\u201d said Fram. \u201cThey reduce stress, they relieve headaches and menstrual cramps, they burn calories, they relieve junk food cravings and they are a great way to spend a Thursday night.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For anyone who is interested in learning more about the \u201cI <3 Female Orgasm\u201d program, they can find additional information at ilovefemaleorgasm.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n