<p>I really don’t understand the objections to this. Being upset about sex week makes even less sense than being upset about the actual sex your children are going to have at college, which I should remind you all is pretty much inevitable unless they have some sort of serious social impediment.</p>
<p>True Love, There is a “true love” type group at Yale (Anscombe Society chapter, connected with similar groups at Harvard, Princeton, and MIT). They hosted a debate during Sex Week. (If you are interested, you can find them on facebook)</p>
<p>I would like to submit, with respect to all, the suggestion that there are as many different viewpoints about sexuality, college life, etc. etc. as there are parents, and on CC there are different parenting styles. It is my point of view that everyone has a valid perspective, as this really is a matter of individual belief and choice.</p>
<p>What I think it is really important to remember is that Sex Week is not mandatory for anyone, and many students are too involved in their studies, social lives, extra-curriculars, etc. even to notice when it is happening. In the larger picture of the quality of student life at Yale, Sex Week is a small blip on the screen.</p>
<p>'I wonder what kind of person would write about Sex Week on their resume?"</p>
<p>Depends on the job. If you’re applying to be a magazine editor, MTV producer, or HIV education leader, it would likely be helpful.</p>
<p>Wall Street, not so much.</p>
<p>vicariousparent - As one who was born with the worry gene, I understand your concerns. I have two daughters, one of whom attended a school in a more protected setting, and one of whom is at Yale. Her older sister has commented to me that younger DD is probably safer than she was during her undergrad years, because she often walked alone late at night because she was naive. We have attended several concerts with her and the students check with one another as they head back to their RC or go to an after-party. Watching her, I realize she would no more walk across campus at night by herself than go into the ocean without a buddy if there were no lifeguard around.</p>
<p>They did have a chastity speaker last year or the year before…she had a decent turn-out:<br>
Talk on “The Thrill of the Chaste” at Yale University, WLH 116, 7 p.m., free. Sponsored by Yale Christian Fellowship and Veritas Forum. It’s a small room, so arrive early. Nonstudents welcome.</p>
<p>I admit though that it probably wasn’t as well attended.
My daughter will probably go to Yale in the Fall (she’s weighing one other option) and she said she would probably ignore most of that kind of stuff…it seemed a little immature to her, but I told her it is more common than she realizes. She said her cousin found it funny at her college when they kept having sex toy displays and her RA kept encouraging her to go, she said, No and went to the movies with friends. : ) You have to learn to make your own fun and think for yourself in college.</p>
<p>@Bay: couldn’t agree with you more!</p>
<p>Yale is like the younger sibling of the superstar big-brother who acts out in inappropriate ways to get attention.</p>
<p>Closing old thread. If someone wants to discuss this topic, please start a new thread.</p>