Location: Online

Link out: Not open to the public, for pre-selected medical students only

Start Time: 8:00 – 10:00 pm

Date:  November 8th, 2011

The phenomenal growth of online communication has given rise to an amazing amount of sharing, learning and experimenting with different expressions of sexuality, relationships and feminism. MOMENTUM provides a safe place to listen, discuss and learn about the ways the web has impacted our sexuality without the fear of reprisal or shaming. It is a space for acceptance and appreciation of diversity, including for those in the LGBTQ, sex-work, BDSM and non-monogamous communities.

During MOMENTUM we will discuss ways to bridge the baffling dichotomies our culture creates around sexuality. While on one hand we have unprecedented sexual freedom, on the other we continue to police sexuality with a frightening vigor. Abortion laws, restrictions on gay marriage, abstinence programs, medicalization of sex, fear of pornography and prosecutions for teenage sexting are examples of one side of the spectrum. The discomfort that strives to make us keep our sexuality hidden conflicts with the use of sex — especially the female body — to sell everything from food to cars to “performance enhancing” products.

Each participant will leave the conference with new perspectives, new connections, and a plan to carry the MOMENTUM forward into 2011 and beyond.

Topic: Odd Girl Out: Straddling the Fields of Sexual Pleasure and Health

Since Kinsey’s groundbreaking work on human sexual behavior, the scientific study of sexual pleasure has been ridiculed. In the modern field of sexual education, a huge gulf exists between the culturally safe subject of sexual health and the risqué research on sexual pleasure.  The professionals who attempt to do credible work on sexual pleasure are often shamed, discredited, or even ostracized for such heresy.

How can these two worlds co-exist?

In this workshop, participants will learn about the leading organizations and individuals that are working to bridge the gaps between sexual pleasure and health.  Attendees will also learn how to advocate for scientific research into sexual pleasure and will walk away with skills to better handle the backlash that can (and often will) erupt.  With style and grace, you too can learn how to stand strong and proud for sex positive education.

When: Saturday, April 2nd, 9:00-10:10 am

Audience: Momentum Attendees

Cost: $55.00

Register for Momentum HERE

There is so much going on with a woman’s sexual functioning, it’s no wonder this is Oh Megan’s most popular workshop on college campuses! From finding where the erogenous zones are, to learning what medications can interfere with a woman’s sexual functioning, you’ll learn quite a lot in this short period of time.

How many types of orgasms are there, and what’s the difference? Where exactly is the A-spot? The U-Spot?  The G-spot?

Videos, vulva puppets and graphic discussion will be used to help you understand the ins and outs of female sexual functioning, pleasure, and desire.

Where: Duke University

When: 3/23

Audience: Duke Students

Cost: Free!

Where: Bryant University, RI

When: March 16th, 5 pm

Audience: Bryant Students

Cost: Free!

What:  Fornication 1o1

Zeta Omega Eta Presents: Oh! Megan’s Fornication 101

Where:  The Fred Common Room, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Facebook link:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134347069966119

When: 7:00 pm

Audience: Trinity Students

Cost: Free!

How can you make your sex life safe while still be being hot? Can the two happily exist together? Of course they can!

Super hot safer sex will be the topic of conversation where will teach you how to safely fondle with the best of them!

This workshop will include: Condom Use-Do you know how to put one on with your mouth? The Do’s and Don’ts of Boxed Lunch, Silicone Surprises and Spanking, Erotic Talk and so much more!

Where: Rutgers University, Campus Center

When: 2/19, 2:50 Pm

Audience: Rutgers Students

Cost: Free!

By JENNIFER SPOSATO

Updated 9:45 AM EST, Tue, Feb 8, 2011

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There’s little mystery behind a lecture called Fornication 101. But, there is plenty of debate about it at Central Connecticut State University.

A sex educator named Megan Andelloux is giving the lecture, which she tells The Hartford Courant is a “study of how people experience the erotic and express themselves as sexual beings with an emphasis on jollies, attitude awareness, sexual skill building and health.”

Andelloux has talked at dozens of schools, including Yale, Wesleyan and the Universities of Connecticut and said she’s never gotten negative comments about her work before, but she’s been receiving e-mails calling her “disgusting” and that she was contributing to immorality, the Courantreports.

Professors at CCSU are also putting their opinions on a university listerv.

Mark McLaughlin, a spokesman for the university, told the Courant he thinks the negative reaction is based on misconceptions that taxpayer money is being used to pay for the lecture. TheRuthe Boyea Women’s Center on campus and is sponsoring the event, which is paid for with private donations.

The spokesman also thinks people are confusing the lecture with an academic course and that it’s about sex rather than sexuality.

“We feel, despite the provocative title, her presentation really does focus on health, sexual consent, and providing a frank and open, factual presentation designed to appeal to college students,” McLaughlin told the Courant.

The event is scheduled for March 8.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Fornication-101-Class-Sparks-Debate-at-CCSU-115554469.html