Having sex in the dorms calls for sensitivity and special attention to the cultural mores that govern the florescent-lit halls we call home during the academic terms. While baby Eagles debate age-old questions like spit or swallow, other issues have traditional answers that are worth reviewing.
1. Get a smush room
In order to set the mood, you should work with your roommate(s) to ensure a sexy scenario that avoids awkward walk-in moments, unless that is a kink for all parties involved. Despite daily cleaning of the restrooms, I maintain that sex in common areas downright offend the sensibilities of the ordinary student. No shower, cement-block study cell or stairwell can take the place of your very own, private smush room (which you probably share with one or two other people). Simply put, the formula is lose the roommate, lock the door and lube up your barrier devices.
2. Be considerate of neighbors
Even though you have created a sanctuary for you and your sexual partner(s), you might disturb the peace if you do not keep the noise down. Keep in mind that the building is not private, even if your smush room is, so keep the sexual hullabaloo at a minimum. And please, no hanky panky or anatomy review sessions in the laundry room in hopes of avoiding the noise issue. Keeping sex between you and your consenting partners qualifies as basic polite behavior.
3. Know the schmuck before you f***
Know the sexual history of your partner before you get going. No one wants a sexually transmitted infection, which might not present the obvious symptoms that diseases cause. For example, the most common STI, chlamydia, may “silently” cause pelvic inflammatory disease and permanent damage to reproductive tissues in women. Silent as in most people have no symptoms.
Tell your partner about your most recent STI test and about past sexual partners. Since HIV can take up to three months to appear in testing results, you should let your partner know of any potential risk for infection, even if you came up negative.
If you need to be tested, visit I Want The Kit online at www.iwantthekit.org. They will send you a kit to test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis free of charge. Then, find a location to get a free HIV test at www.hivtest.org. The Student Health Center also offers testing services.
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