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Orgasm Day appreciated by all comers
BY LAURA FRIED
STAFF WRITER
A banner reading “Hey Come
Over Here (no pun intended)” wel
comed students passing through
Polk Place to Orgasm Awareness
Day events.
Alongside the curious glances
and shy giggles from passers-by,
students could learn that it takes 116
muscles to climax and that using a
vibrator to treat women for hyste
ria was a common medical practice
until the 19505.
The event, co-sponsored by
Choice USA and Feminist Students
United, was meant to be educa
tional as well as entertaining.
Anna Potter, a member of the
Choice executive board, said the
group’s members hoped the day’s
events would enlighten women
about their bodies.
“We want to empower women,”
Potter said. “Without control over
our sexual lives we don’t have con
trol over our reproductive lives.”
Crisis
center in
funding
quagmire
After 30 years,
looking to expand
BY NICKI JHABVALA
STAFF WRITER
It’s been more than 30 years
since its opening, but the Orange
County Rape Crisis Center still
faces the same obstacle.
The nonprofit volunteer center
that provides support and educa
tion about sexual violence to the
community struggled to get off the
ground due to a lack of funding.
Today, as the center seeks to
expand and serve more clients, the
financial problem persists.
“We’re in a situation where we
need to grow and need to increase
our services and the number of
people we reach in the community,”
said Margaret Barrett, the organi
zation’s executive director.
The crisis center relies heavily
on government funds, grants and
contributions from United Way,
as they provide nearly half of its
financial support.
In an attempt to increase the
amount it receives from private
companies and individuals, the
crisis center is holding its Annual
Holiday Auction at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday at the Sheraton Chapel
Hill Hotel.
“We have a lot of community
support because people realize that
(sexual violence) is an important
issue,” said Cutler Andrews, the
center’s event coordinator.
“But funding is a reality for all
nonprofit organizations. There is
so much of a need, and we’ve got
to find a way to keep our doors
open.”
The event will include a silent
auction of items ranging from
gift certificates to artwork, a live
auction, a musical appearance by
the band Equinox and a variety of
refreshments.
“This is a chance for people to
contribute to our mission while
participating in an event that
allows them to bid on items and
buy holiday gifts,” Barrett said.
The crisis center also will have
a raffle, with a prize of two nights
in New York City’s Ritz-Carlton
Hotel.
“This is a great way for students
and other members who can’t
attend the event to contribute by
just buying a raffle ticket,” Barrett
said.
As the 18th holiday auction the
center has held, event organizers
said this year they hope to bring
in $53,000 an increase from
the $46,000 raised at last year’s
event.
Though the crisis center is not
in the same funding predicament
as it was in 1974, the organization
always is looking for additional
revenue for its general expenses of
services, such as its 24-hour crisis
response line and community edu
cation programs, officials said.
Andrews said the program
serves almost 400 clients a year for
sexual assault support and reaches
more than 10,000 people through
its education programs in the local
schools.
“It is important that (the auc
tion) is a success because it helps us
to serve the community,” he said.
“It’s a vital event for us, in that
it brings in a lot of needed funds,
and it’s also a fun event for people
to come to because we have such a
wide selection of things to choose
from.”
Contact the City Editor at
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An estimated 100 to 150 people
stopped by the event, including a
surprising number of males, event
organizers said.
The festivities included games
such as a race to see which partici
pant could correctly put a condom
on a banana the fastest.
The event also presented a sex
toy museum featuring a vintage
vibrator from 1924, a table of fun
facts about orgasms and a raffle for
a free vibrator.
Choice members also provided
students with information about
sexually transmitted diseases, con
traceptives and safe sex.
Although the event was full of
fun and games, the day had a seri
ous message.
“We want to provide a laid-back
and comfortable environment
where women can come to learn
about their sexuality,” said Jennifer
Monroe, a Choice executive board
member.
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comfortable with their sexuality
was another important goal the
group had for Orgasm Awareness
Day, Monroe said.
“Female sexuality is often seen
as taboo or shameful,” she said. “We
want to show women it’s natural and
healthy to explore their sexuality.”
But group members said they
were surprised when they received
several negative e-mails prior to the
event from men who do not attend
UNC, some of whom live outside
North Carolina.
“The response from those men
is a perfect example of why we’re
doing this,” Potter said.
Group members said they were
happy they did not receive any oppo
sition or negativity during the day.
Students who attended the event
said it was important for women,
whether or not they’re sexually
active, to be educated about sex.
“Movies always show sex, but
they never show how to practice safe
sex,” said Harriet Ashcroft, a fresh
News
man from New York. “It’s important
to teach women about safe sex since
we’ll all be exposed to it.”
Judit Albert, a junior from
Transylvania, said she was sur
prised that female sexuality is
viewed as taboo or offensive to
some people in the U.S. because
the country portrays itself as a
country of freedom.
“People should not be afraid to
talk about sex education,” she said.
“To say the word ‘vagina,’ have
pictures of vaginas and see that
they’re not monsters is important.”
Because of the success of the day,
Monroe said she hopes there will be
another Orgasm Awareness Day in
the future.
“We can’t change everybody, but
even if we get some people think
ing about it and spread the infor
mation to their friends, we can get
the ball rolling,” Monroe said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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Junior Jennifer Monroe of UNC's Choice USA shows freshman Harriet
Ashcroft how to put on a condom correctly at Polk Place on Thursday.
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