A walking vagina was one of the stranger sights at Sid Smith last Friday. The stunt was an attempt to draw attention to the Sexual Education and Peer Counselling Centre’s (SEC) sex carnival held at the Arts and Science building.
The event featured games such as a coochie toss and a spanking booth, with proceeds going the local rape crisis centre. Fliers from local sex shops were available and a display of sex toys of all shapes and sizes was prominently displayed.
A booth containing literature on safe sex was included, however David Udayasekaran, SEC’s external education coordinator, said the event’s focus was promoting healthy views about sex. “What these events are basically doing is to encourage people to think about sexuality in a positive light. So we’re not going to be preaching about, you know, ‘stay safe’ and all this stuff.”
Aidan Dahlin-Nolan, the vagina man, agrees: “[We’re having the event] so people know how to do sex safely, people maybe have a little more fun with sex and break down those taboos that are still floating around.”
Student attendance at the event was sparse but no overt negative reaction was apparent. “So far reaction has been pretty good. I’ve had a few people coming up to massage the clitoris,” said Dahlin-Nolan. “I had a little bit of negative feedback…just people saying, that’s a little bit over the top.”
The carnival was also held to promote sexual awareness week, which will begin today. Events will include a Sex and the City marathon at O’Grady’s, a porn swap, a drag show at Tangos and a sex and chocolate party to close off the week on Saturday. Each will be accepting donations for a different charity.
Udayasekaran assures students that it’ll be a good time. “C’mon, if you get a lot of sex positive people together, you’re going to have a lot of fun.”
