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Violations of this legislation should be referred to the Student University Affairs Board, Suite 3 EMU 686-3720 Sexual conservatism typifies campus climate By Harry Esteve Of Iff* EmefsW Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series dealing with the attitudes, behaviors and problems of sexuality on campus The "sexual revolution," spawned in the turbulence of the 1960s and intensified by the ex cesses of the 1970s hasn't exact ly died in the 1980s It's just quieted down a little, according to experts in the field On university campuses, where most agree the revolution began, the mood has changed Where there was once the exuberence of free expression and exper imentation, a conservative back lash against increased sexuality has softened the sexual tone on many campuses — including the University "People have gotten turned off to sex,” sums up Prof. Harry Hoberman, a young psychologist who teaches sexuality classes at the University and at Lane Com munity College This doesn’t mean campus sex is going the way of toga parties and panty raids. If anything, it simply is becoming less of a priority among students, Hober man says Although sexual behavior is al most impossible to quantify ac curately, Hoberman guesses that about 50 percent of men have had intercourse by the end of not much different from anybody else On the surface, the Univer sity's sexual temperature seems to range somewhere between lukewarm and medium cool. Oregon’s rural influence may contribute to the University's low sexual profile, Hoberman says. "A lot of people who come here come from small towns,'' he says They have strong religious back grounds and are more inhibited. Another University professor, Patty Gwartney-Gibbs, says the rural influence should have the opposite effect — at least where women are concerned "Women who are most likely to engage in sex at an early age are those brought up with traditional values,” says Gwartney-Gibbs, a University sociologist noted for her work in survey research. But Gwartney-Gibbs is quick to point out that studies done on student sex behavior are unrelia ble at best "It’s really hard to get people to be honest” about their sexuality, she says. "Unless you go around peeking in bedrooms, how can you tell?” Reliability notwithstanding, the Emeraid conducted an informal, unscientific survey of student sexual behavior. A class of University students answered a questionnaire about their rate of sexual intercourse and their attitudes on sexual The University’s sexual temperance ranges somewhere between lukewarm and medium cool. high school By college, the number rises to about 75 percent, he estimates The percentages are slightly lower for women, Hoberman says But fewer incoming freshmen think of college as a hotbed of sexual activity "There's less people coming to college hoping to lose their virginity,” Hoberman says At the University, the level of sexual activity is anybody's guess Hoberman's guess is that we re behavior. The results seemed to lend credence to the theory that the fizz of the sexual revolution has gone flat Of the 45 students who re sponded to the survey, 20 stated that they never engage in sexual intercourse — a 44 percent celibacy rate However, 60 percent of the students said they thought other students at the University are highly sexually active This response supports Hober man s theory that students like to talk about sex more than they like to participate in it. Students “think that everybody is getting more than they are," Hoberman says. "That comes from lying.” Most students seemed to realize that sex on campus has been exaggerated About 60 per cent of the students who re sponded to the survey agreed that students are less sexually active than most people believe Two reasons for a possible in crease in the rate of student celibacy are religion and bor edom, says Hoberman "I'm hearing a lot about people being celibate for religious rea sons," he says, but being turned off by one's partner is one of the biggest current sexual problems "People are getting bored very easily," he says. A third reason for this apparent lull in sexual activity is a fear of contracting venereal disease "Herpes is scaring people, Hoberman says The embarassing, uncomforta ble and highly contagious virus does not have a cure By some accounts, the rate of herpes cases has become epidemic And recent media attention has brought the disease into the pub lic limelight. “That’s slowing people up," Hoberman says "I think a lot of people are abstaining " At par ties, people are much more care ful about who they pick up. he says. One student who considers herself sexually uninhibited says she agrees with Hoberman The herpes scare is "the obvious rea son" for the recent conservative trend in sexual behavior, says the 21-year-old senior, who request ed anonymity. But there are other reasons as well, she says "Feelings are becoming a lot more important," she says Peo ple are not as hard-shelled as they seem "I’m uninhibited because I’m sure of myself," she says Many other women her age have to be concerned about their reputa tion, and that can put a damper on free sexual expression, she says The trend at the University is definitely toward sexual conser vatism, she says, and that doesn't bother her — for the most part "There are some people who are a little extreme in their abhor rence of sex," she says "I don't think it's immoral to live with someone before you're married or to have sex with him before your wedding day. That's bull shit.” She says, the "free love" of past years is on the way out "I'm not going to go to bed with someone just because he's good looking or just because he's hung well," she says A majority of the surveyed students also believe marriage isn't a prerequisite for sex, yet nearly 40 percent said a couple should be married before having sex Students also were questioned on how many sexual partners they have had Thirty-five percent said they were virgins, 28 percent had had only one partner, 26 percent had between one and five partners and 8 percent reported sleeping with between five and 20 partners None reported having more than 20 partners The rate of sexual activity ranged from never to daily, with about 50 percent of the students stating they had either sex once students began demanding coeducational residence halls, and liberated administrators began granting them Single sex dorms have become the excep tion at most major colleges At the University, most halls are coed, but each floor is sex se gregated The main reason for the separation is the lack of split sex bathrooms, says Marge Ramey, assistant director of University housing The one dorm that had coed sex floors was closed this year because of a drop in dorm ap plicants Moore Hall is used now to house people who attend con ferences at the University Ramey says she fields com plaints every year from worried parents Some of the callers become angry over what they feel is a lack of proper supervision, she says The University has rules against students spending the night in another student's dorm room, but no violations have been reported this year "That's not to say there hasn't been any," Ramey says It's dif ficult for the University to find out if students were breaking cohabitation rules, she says We don't listen in keyholes or sniff under doors " If anyone has changed in the last 10 years, it has been women, says Hoberman, who believes A 44 percent celibacy rate was the result of an unscientific Emerald survey. a-year or once-a-week The re spondents who said they have sexual relations daily said they were married Parents are usually the most interested in the ups and downs of campus sex The possibility that their child will be exposed to a promiscuous atmosphere in the dormoritories is their primary concern When the sexual revolution began picking up steam at u niversities during the 1970’s, students in general are very naive when it comes to sex Women are demanding more from their partners during sexual relations, and that has placed a burden on men to perform, he says. 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