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But we want to find out which ones work and which ones don’t, and we want to hear your stories. And doesn’t springtime offer the perfect setting? We are going to provide you with some of the more well-known—shall we say cliche?—pick-up lines this week just to get you started, but next week we want to print your top choices. Either e-mail meat bcaffery@gladstone.uoregon.edu, or e-mail the Emerald through its Web site (www.dailyemerald.com). We want to hear from men and women, but keep it somewhat tasteful, please. Here are the starter lines: If I told you that you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? Is your daddy a thief? He must have stolen the stars from the sky and put them in your eyes. *'^f^our l^gstired? ‘Caus^you’ve been running through my mind all day. Hey baby, what’s your sign? H ey, my fri end over there wants to know if you think I’m cute. If I wrote the alphabet, I’d put you and I together. 1 lost my teddy bear. Will you sleep with me? Do you believe in love at first sight, or do I have to walk by again? Depper continued from page 7 Couples are usually looking for sex toys or movies they can watch to gether, she said. Fascinated by this revelation, I decided to get some facts about sex shops from people who know what they are talking about. Jena Jolis saint, a University graduate teach ing fellow who will be teaching the philosophy department’s “Love and Sex” class this summer, said the fact that couples make up the largest de mographic of sex shop customers “gives me hope for Eugene. ” “This shows that there is an in crease in communicating about pleasure,” she said. “It’s OK to ask for what you want from your part ner. Things like sex toys are good be cause they portray sex as positive. ” Dana Berthold, a former GTF for “Love and Sex,” agreed. “It’s great that couples are the largest demographic,” she said. “Tra ditionally, women aren’t supposed to admit that they take sex into their own hands. A friend of mine gave her boyfriend a strap-on dildo for Valen tine’s Day. That’s a huge step. ” “If couples are going in and picking out vibrators together, that rocks! ” Jolissaint added. Later in the day, I headed to an other sex shop. Sadly, its store poli cy doesn’t allow me to print the name of the business. This shop was mainly an adult video empori um, with a few sex toys thrown in for good measure. I walked through the front door, found myself looking at a six-inch long butt plug, and immediately noticed the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” blasting over the stereo system. It was a pretty odd combi nation, to say the least. I was greeted by a very nice em ployee in his early 20s. He in formed me that his store special izes in adult videos and is largely frequented by single men from about 25 to 50.1 asked him what it’s like to work there. “It’s a great experience to work here. I’ve definitely learned a lot, and I would definitely recommend working here,” he said. “I don’t know if I’d do it as a career, though.” Couples, especially younger ones, are frequent customers at this establishment as well. “We try to make it nice here,” the employee said. “We don’t cater to any one demographic. It’s not just for single men or just for couples. Our goal is to make everyone feel comfortable.” Jolissaint was pleased by the posi tive focus on sex and feels that it’s a shame most shops suffer the same treatment: They’re stuck in seedy parts of town, windows covered with butcher paper. She believes that positive resources for sex still get combined with the negative. “Hiding positive things and lump ing them together with everything bad adds to the idea that sex is some thing to be ashamed of,” she said. Berthold felt the same way, adding that the people who zone sex shops into the “dirty” parts of town “aren’t solving the problem, they’re just saying, ‘I don’t want this in my backyard. ’ ” If I learned anything from my day of debauchery, it was this: Don’t be afraid of sex shops. Sexu ally oriented businesses occupy a very legitimate and important niche in society that shouldn’t just be filed under “smut. ” They’re a very useful way for couples to explore new things to gether. They encourage communi cation between the sexes. And most of all, they contain a wealth of information for anyone with even a mild interest in sexuality. The next time you visit a store de voted to sex, take a good look around and try striking up conversation with one of the clerks. You might be surprised by what you learn. Dave Depper is an entertainment reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. His views do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. He can be reached at ddep per@gladstone.uoregon.edu. 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