Friday, Feb. 5th
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1:00– 4:30 pm – YUHS Student Medicine
To kick off Sex Week, RALY, in collaboration with Sex Week, has made it that much easier to GET TESTED. Go to YUHS for walk-in hours to get tested on the spot. No appointment necessary!
**The first 20 people to come will be guaranteed front-row seats at SWAY’s fetish fashion show the next day!
Saturday, Feb. 6th
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4:30 pm – LC 317
Lux Alpatraum – The Internet… simultaneously destroying and saving the porn industry.
Lux Alptraum has been working in the field of sexuality for more than a decade, devoting her time to areas as diverse as HIV/AIDS education and pretest counseling, adolescent pregnancy prevention and sex education, and adult entertainment. She is currently the editor of Fleshbot, the web’s foremost blog about sexuality, pornography, and erotic entertainment. She’s here to kick off SWAY with a discussion of a reoccurring theme throughout Sex Week and how the internet is affecting it.
7:00 pm – LC 102
Katherine Gates – Defiant Desires
Katharine Gates (‘85) is the author of “Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex” from Juno RE/Search Books, and curator of the year-long exhibition “Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination” at The Museum of Sex in New York. Katharine will give a video-and-slide-illustrated talk on the subject of The Kinkmap, her ongoing project to collect and organize the world of sexual subcultures, from Adult Babies to Body Inflation, Cannibal Play to Zoophilia.
9:00 pm – Ezra Stiles Dining Hall
YCouture – SWAY Fetish Fashion Show
In collaboration with Sex Week at Yale, YCouture, Yale’s premier design undergraduate organization whose purpose is to promote the art of fashion and design on campus, has a kinky and educational fashion show exploring the wide array of clothes and role plays that get us off.
Sunday, Feb. 7th
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2:00 pm – WLH 119
Reverend Debra Haffner – Sexuality, Religion, Faith, and Morality
The Rev. Debra W. Haffner, the director of the Religious Institute, believes people can be faithful and sexual, and that sexuality and spirituality are intimately connected. Come find out HOW.
2:00 pm – Yale Bookstore
Rachel Resnick - Reading from Love Junkie: A Memoir
Are you a love junkie? Featured in Elle and Marie Claire magazine, on NPR and the BBC radio, and in the Los Angeles Times, among many others, Rachel Resnick (Yale ‘85) uncovers her addiction to destructive relationships in Love Junkie. Cosmopolitan called it “fascinating, painful, provocative” The New York Observer called it “incredibly hard to put down.” Join her for a reading/discussion/signing. Introduction by local psychotherapist, author and radio personality Binnie Klein.
4:30 pm – WLH 208
Panel Discussion – Love Junkies & Sex Addicts:
Featuring author/addict Rachel Resnick, clinical sexologist Michael Rothenberg, and anthropologist Megan Douglass. Not a staid lecture! Don’t miss this chance to engage experts as they discuss one of the hottest current topics: sex and love addiction. What is it? How does it work? Is our culture hyper-sexualized, yet repressed when it comes to intimacy? Are you a love junkie? From raw personal anecdotes to vivid case studies, this panel will let it all hang out. Come join the dialogue. Bring questions!
Monday, Feb. 8th
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4:00 pm – WLH 207
Corey Whelan & Ken Mosesian – Why Nature Wants You To Get Laid Right Now
(But please wait until we leave the room…)
Join Program Director Corey Whelan and Executive Director Ken Mosesian from The American Fertility Association for a conversation about the female biological clock. We’ll discuss what happens at the magic age of 27 and ways you can safeguard your fertility. We’ll also talk about the male biological clock – it’s ticking, guys, just not as fast. We’ll help you balance the amazing choices we have with the reality of our biological clocks so you can enjoy your lives.
5:30 pm – WLH 207
Diana Adams – Getting What You Really Want
Join relationship ninja Diana Adams (DC ’01) for an interactive workshop on sexual self-realization. Too often, we settle for the sex lives we think we’re supposed to have. Diana—sexual civil rights lawyer, polyamory activist, and national jiu-jitsu champion (really!)—can help you ask for more. Step back to identify your own desires and limits, then strategize about how to create the sexual and/or romantic encounters you really want.
Brought to you by the Sex at Yale Initiative: clarity | desire | respect .
6:00 – 7:00pm – LC 102
GET TESTED – Come early to Logan Levkoff’s self-stimulating talk to get your pre-STI test screening and free giveaways from official Sponsors.
7:00 pm – LC 102
Logan Levkoff – The “M” Word
Dr. Logan Levkoff is a recognized expert on human sexuality, relationships, and sexual health. She frequently appears on television including Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Rachael Ray Show, and CNN. In addition to her on-screen appearances, Logan is a trusted source for publications; her work has been featured in The New York Times and she writes the sex columns for many magazines and The Huffington Post. Logan is delighted to be back at Sex Week. She is looking forward to shedding light on that old “M” word, masturbation.
Tuesday, Feb. 9th
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4:00 pm – WLH 207
Maryann Abbott- Developments in Safer Sex
Maryann Abbott is currently the Project Director for the Female Condom Multi-level Community Intervention at The Institute for Community Research. Since 1999, Maryann has worked in the US and China on several research projects focused on HIV and women’s reproductive health. As heterosexual HIV transmission continues to be one of the most tenacious problems for reversing the epidemic, global public health initiatives have increasingly focused on new technologies including topical microbicides, substances currently in development that would reduce transmission of HIV and other STIs and the female condom, the only woman-initiated prevention option now available. We will present data from two Hartford, CT studies focused on the acceptability and use of the female condom and a simulated microbicide.
5:30 pm – LC 102
Helen Fisher – Lust, Romance, and Attraction: The Drive to Love
As the most referenced scholar in the love research community and author of five books on the subject, in this talk Dr. Fisher discusses what happens to the brain when we’re in love. Helen Fisher, PhD is a Biological Anthropologist, Research Professor and member of the Center for Human Evolution Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Internet dating site, Chemistry.com, a division of Match.com. She has conducted extensive research and written five books on the evolution and future of human sex, love, marriage, gender differences in the brain and how your personality type shapes who you are and who you love.
6:00 – 7:00pm – SSS 114
GET TESTED – Come early (and often) to “Babeland’s Lip Tricks: Blow Jobs and Going Down” to get your pre-STI test screening and free giveaways from official Sponsors.
7:00pm – SSS 114
Babeland’s Lip Tricks: Blowjobs and Going Down
Babeland, America’s popular purveyor of sex toys, shares tips and techniques on all things oral from our new book, Moregasm: Babeland’s Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex. From kissing to blowjobs and cunnilingus, become an oral expert and have new, more satisfying adventures. Learn how to find the sweet spots, get never-fail oral sex tips and hand and tongue techniques and discover the perfect toys to complement your efforts.
7:30
Yale Political Union Debate – ‘Resolved: Reject Hookup Culture’
Wednesday, Feb. 10th
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7:00 pm – LC 102
Your Royal Flyness – From the Classroom to the Dorm Room: The Do’s and Don’t of Dating in College
Your Royal Flyness, author, dating expert and “Meeter” of Hundreds of Women Online, is coming to school Yalies on the lessons they have always wished they had learned. Do Not Miss this event as Flyness breaks down the exposes the secrets and rules to dating in college!
9:00 pm Silliman Dining Hall
Give Some, Get Some: Speed Date for Charity
Sign up will be in Commons during Lunch (weekdays) from Wednesday the 3rd through the 10th, and at the door. Beat the line and get your ticket early. Admission:$5 – proceeds go to America’s Promise Alliance, a Children’s Charity.
10:00 pm – Hula Hanks
Senior Class Council – Senior Singles Mixer
Thursday, Feb.11th
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5:30 pm – LC 211
Lamont Hiebert of Love 146 – Anti-Trafficking Info Session
Lamont Hiebert is a Co-Founder and Prevention Strategist for Love146. As a seasoned Love146 spokesperson, Hiebert powerfully communicates the challenges and solutions regarding child sex slavery and exploitation. Not only does Hiebert inform his audience, he empowers them through redemptive stories and songs. Listeners will be eager to join the fight against modern-day slavery. The Daily Campus at UCONN calls his presentation, “Authentic, thought-provoking and emotional.”
7:00 pm – LC 317
Red Light Rights: The Human and Labor Rights of Sex Workers
Join Monica Shores of $pread Magazine,, Will Rockwell of $pread and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, and Sienna Baskin of the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project for an in-depth discussion of the sex industry from personal, labor, and human rights perspectives.
8:00 pm – Whitney Humanities Center
Yale Film Society – Screening of Midnight Cowboy
In collaboration with The Yale Film Society, Yale’s student film culture group, bringing students together to discuss and experience film, we will be screening Midnight Cowboy, the only X-rated film to win an Oscar.
8:00 pm – Yale Cabaret
Yale Cabaret Presents: Missed Connections, A new musical by Chad Raines
Missed Connections is an electro-popera based on the virtual admissions of lost romantic opportunities. Digital romance escapes the confines of the cyber-world and re-enters the real world on the stage of the Yale Cabaret. Who knows? Maybe this is your second chance at a romance overlooked!
Friday, Feb.12th
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4:00 pm – WLH 208
Elayne Angel – Erotic Piercing
Professional body piercer and body modification enthusiast, Elayne Angel has been working for nearly three decades to professionalize and promote body piercing. She discusses her sagely knowledge of erotic piercing with Yale students.
6:00 pm & 8:00 pm- Nick Chapel
Vagina Monologues V-Day Benefit Performance
tickets are 4$ @ door, proceeds benefit Milford Rape Crisis Center
email vaginamonologuesticketing@gmail.com to reserve a seat (pay @ door)
10:00 pm
Trumbull College – 7
Greed. Lust. Wrath. Sloth. Envy. Pride. Gluttony. No better way to wrap up Sex
Week than with Seven, Trumbull College?s celebration of all things sinful ?
and its premier signature event. Come dressed as your favorite sin, and prepare
for an evening of hot music, hotter costumes, and downright debauchery. $5 in advance $7 at the door.
11:00 pm – Yale Cabaret
Yale Cabaret Presents: Missed Connections, A new musical by Chad Raines
Missed Connections is an electro-popera based on the virtual admissions of lost romantic opportunities. Digital romance escapes the confines of the cyber-world and re-enters the real world on the stage of the Yale Cabaret. Who knows? Maybe this is your second chance at a romance overlooked!
Saturday, Feb.13th
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1:30 pm
Buck Angel – Master’s Tea @ Pierson College
As an icon of popular culture, Buck Angel’s message of empowerment through
self-acceptance and being sexually comfortable in your own skin has struck
a passionate chord with folks all over the world. As an internationally recognized pioneer in the adult film industry, creating an entirely new genre of female-to-male adult entertainment, Buck is not only inspiring people to think outside the box, he is re-defining gender and educating an entire generation on the fluidity of sexuality and identity politics.
2:30 pm – WLH 208
Are you curious about kink? Learn the basics of how to spice up your sex life adding sensation play, energy/power exchange, bondage, and fetishism to your play. Learn how to play safe,sane and consensual, negotiate play, how to talk to your lover about your kinky desires, and how to build new levels of intimacy, trust and connection with your partner/s.
3:00 pm – WLH 207
David Schaengold, Princeton ‘07 – A Philosophical Defense of the Sexual Counterrevolution
The speaker will present a Thomist-Aristotelian argument about natural ends. It will be a philosophical defense of the institutions of marriage and the family, and a presentation of arguments for a proper understanding of human sexuality and premarital abstinence.
4:30 pm – WLH 208
Madison Young – Sweet as Honey
Pleasuring the Pussy – Learn the anatomy of the vagina and how to
please it with your mouth, tongue and everything in between. From
lapping to nibbling discover fun and delicious ways to get the most
out of oral sex and have your lover begging for more.
7:00 pm – SSS 114
Panel Discussion – Sex, Gender, & Pornography
Moderated by Lux Alptraum, guests (all pioneers in progressive porn production) discuss how gender has influenced their roles and aspirations within the adult film industry. Panelists include creator of alt porn site BurningAngels, Joanna Angel, Feminist Porn Award-winning director/educator Tristan Taormino, Feminist Porn Award-winning director, Madison Young, FTM Trans pornography pioneer Buck Angel, and cross-over/breakthrough star Sasha Grey.
8:00 pm – Nick Chapel
Vagina Monologues V-Day Benefit Performance
tickets are 4$ @ door, proceeds benefit Milford Rape Crisis Center
email vaginamonologuesticketing@gmail.com to reserve a seat (pay @ door)
8:00 pm – Yale Cabaret
Yale Cabaret Presents: Missed Connections, A new musical by Chad Raines
Missed Connections is an electro-popera based on the virtual admissions of lost romantic opportunities. Digital romance escapes the confines of the cyber-world and re-enters the real world on the stage of the Yale Cabaret. Who knows? Maybe this is your second chance at a romance overlooked!
10:00 pm – Toad’s Place
Mardis Gras Bash Hosted by Joanna Angel of BurningAngels.com !
Sunday, Feb.14th
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1:00 pm – WLH 208
Tristan Taormino – Beyond Monogamy: The Case for Open Relationships
Relationship and sex expert Tristan Taormino offers a bold new strategy for creating loving, lasting relationships. Drawing on in-depth research, interviews with over a hundred women and men, and her own personal experiences, Tristan explores the real-life benefits and challenges of open relationships in her new book. With her refreshingly down-to-earth style and sharp wit, Taormino argues that we must question the fairy tales and challenge the myths we’ve been taught about love, sex, intimacy, and commitment—only then can we create relationships that are honest, fulfilling, and really work.
2:30 – Saybrook College Master’s House
Dr. Susan Block - Sexual Fantasies
Susan Block, PhD, is “Dr. Suzy,” internationally renowned sexologist, therapist, bonobo advocate, award-winning sex educational filmmaker and bestselling author of The 10 Commandments of Pleasure. A familiar face on late-night HBO, she also hosts her own cable TV and Internet radio shows and is a syndicated blogger. A Yale graduate (Class of ’77), Dr. Suzy has participated in every Sex Week at Yale since its inception in 2002. She will speak at a Saybrook Master’s Tea, discussing “Sexual Fantasies.” The first 20 students to arrive receive her celebrated Doc Johnson Pocket Rockets!
4:00 – SSS 114
Sasha Grey – Positively Sexual
Sasha Grey, one of the biggest names in porn and an amazing cross-over
star, closes out Sex Week with a discussion on why sex doesn’t have to
be a guilty pleasure at all. Sasha, winner of 7 Adult Video News
Awards among many other honors, also recently starred in Academy-Award
winning director Steven Sodeberg’s The Girlfriend Experience and is widely
hailed as a new breed in the adult industry, known both for her talent
and her intellect.
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