The Griffon News

Sex Rules! This is not only a statement to the power that doing the dirty holds over us, but also the title of a lecture to be presented by former comedienne, Maria Falzone at Missouri Western on November 14. The lecture, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Spratt Hall, room 101, has been delivered at many universities across the country for the last 10 years and has received national acclaim. Laura R. Lockwood, Director, of the Women & Gender Resource Action Center, has employed the Sex Rules lecture many times in the past and has always had positive results.

“I highly recommend Maria Falzone for college audiences,” Lockwood said. “Students are able to hear the serious content because she earns their respect and trust, while inviting them to open their minds to material that may have heretofore shared only with their closest friends. Students rave about her performance afterwards, and tell me they learned information they were timid to admit they knew little about. This is preventative education at its best.”

Falzone worked in the top comedy clubs through out the US and Europe over 15 years ago and was invited to perform at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival. It was there that she became inspired to pursue a new more meaningful venue, educating the youth about an important but not often discussed subject. Sex.

“I am on a vulva pride mission,” Falzone said. “ Most women don’t know that  the organ they use for sex is called their vulva not their vagina. A lot of people still hold a lot of misconceptions about sexuality even in today’s world. As long as we keep sex in the shadows, we keep people ignorant. If we keep children ignorant we give sexual predators a leg up.”

Clearly, on campus it can be seen that sex is still a subject that is rarely discussed in a public forum. When questioned about sexuality, Kelsey Wood, a sophomore, began to giggle and blush.

“I can’t answer that question,” Wood said. “You should have some morals.”

Morals are just another form of rules and sex needs rules, good sex needs intelligent informed decision making.

“We live in a society where we get conflicting messages about sex,” Falzone said. “Our parents and society tell us to wait. In the world of advertising sex sells. So we end up thinking that we should just know how to have sex.”

Falzone feels that people need to better communicate about sexuality and in a place where the act is not performed.

“Most people talk about their sex lives in bed as they bask in the afterglow,” Falzone said. “If you are having sex in every room in the house the go to a coffee shop and talk about it.”

 Jordan Ries-Wandrey, Western sophomore, saw the posters advertising the sexy event ad it aroused his attention. “My sex life could be enhanced,”  Ries-Wandrey said. “It sounds like something that would be interesting. As far as condoms, it is not on a regular basis. I have had a girlfriend for the past year and a half.”

 The lecture is not for single players only.

“Who do the rules apply to? All of us!” Falzone said. “ If you want to wait till your married GREAT! You still need to learn how to have sex. If your gay, bisexual or trans gender the rules are the same.”

Falzone states she is not pushing people into premature sexuality, she is encouraging people to know their minds and bodies and be ready. “When do I think you are ready?” Falzone asks. “If you can have sex with the lights on and the sheets off. If you can tell your partner what you want, when you want it, why you want and how you want it…then you are ready to have sex!”

So if you want to be part of an event that has been called the most sexually  satisfying experience of your life, then remember Sex Rules. “I keep it simple, afterward most students say thank you,” Falzone said. “My motto with consenting adults is do what you want, if it doesn’t involve an animal or a child, go for it.”