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This article is not trying to provide ready-made reasons for the novice to start taking this additional estrogen. It wants you to be aware of the complexity of sexual involvement. i’lnevitably, at university, you will be faced with “prob- lems” or situations demanding your decision on the matter of having. sexual intercourse. At that time, thinking, under pressure from the willing partner, be- comes confused. Understand yourself; This is your life. You must examine your sexual dimension, make a decision, and be prepared to face the consequences. Be reasonable, not frustrated. Taking the pill does not mean you will be an easy lay, Whatever follows for you sexually is up to you.

Some of you might fear trouble from Your parents about your new prescrip— tion. If you are under 19 years of age, tell them it is to regulate you.-Amazing, as it may seem, they will believe you because they want to. Moreover," they will be greatly relieved.

Another very important consideration you must include is the danger of "getting venereal disease. Did you realize it was spreading on college campuses com- Dletely out of control last year? Even Time magazine said so. Undoubtedly, this “free love” will have our best minds effected by “gonorrhea” and"‘syphilis,” 1f they have not already been affected by sOmething else." Very seriously though,

Y0u_ may not realize you have it because'

.the guy will be too ashamed, careless or mconsiderate to mention it to you

the. college girl a

afterwards. He might think it was “some other chic ”. His carelessness or yours could leave someone (probably female) sterilized in their later years. Females who contact it will notice a gradually \ heavier discharge, which may not present any pain. Tliusyou could be a carrier and not realize it until it is too late. When you do suspect or realize that you have it, see a doctor, be prepared to “spread the ole legs for some cream” and take your penicillin prescription daily. It will go away. Student Health

would like the names of any persons?

you have been in contact with. If pos- sible, you should comply here. It is strictly confidential and a good way of controlling this disease. You wonder: how can you tell if he has VD? Ask him beforehand and hope he is right. If you are suspicious of his answer, stop or use a rubber.

Be sure. ,

With all these considerations, you may wish there was no such thing as sex. Actually, some doctors admit that every time a woman has sexual intercourse, she almost “takes her life in her hands.” This risk includes her method of contra- ception, abortion, or in child-birth.

However remote these endangering pos- r

sibilities may seem, they ought to be clearly understood by all those who indulge. So what makes it all worth- while?

Why good, clean sex, of course.

The biggest problem with this is that nobody really seems to know what “good, clean” sex is. Poor woman, she has been so misunderstood, mistreated and misdirected in history by the male psychologists, medical authorities, soci- ety’s restriCtions, the nuclear family, democracy and on and on. We must realize that she is not faultless in causing -and perpetuating this pattern and is probably more to blame than anything else. First, Freud and his women patients

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describe the female orgasm as one occur- ring in the vagina. There are several conclusions to be drawn from this. An important one enforces the belief that women have no great sexual desire alone and must be pursued and encoixraged by men for sexual stimulation (i.e. we must be entered to have sexual release).

The discovery of the clitoris and female masturbation came along to dis- rupt these'beliefs. Quite probable, mas- turbation and clitoral orgasms were known before Masters and Johnson; but it seems no woman would come out and announce it. (Why should she? It would be like trying to tell people that fart

intensity was significant in personal de-

velopment.) Clitoral orgasms are not only working but overworking. Most women can have four or five orgasms while her partner is resting after his first or second. Therefore clitoral orgasms are not the supreme fulfilment of female sexuality. Most women do not know what that would be. Obviously, there is only one way to find out and that is not to passively be made “love to.”

Much of your socializing this year will probably be to ease or obliterate your boredom. There are many things to do on your own which will provide more stimulus than forcing yourself to date a male, just for the date. Boredom can result in talking with someone and saying nothing; yet, saying everything you have to say but feeling nothing. Regard your school year as if it was a precious piece of grassy, dew covered earth. You must accept it, but you can do whatever you want to with it. You can nurture it with knowledge, cover it with manure, or dig it up for examina- tion. Please, do not just stand there on your land and watch nature die.

There is so much you can do for yourself. For all of us.

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Reprinted (with alterations)from the Brunswickan

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