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PR IN T - Arts & Culture 4 ------ $ Wednesday,Jan.302013 jj--------, Flying solo, a touchy subject IEX Emily Rask& B re a m Graine Co-Arts&Culture Editors ’C o n tin u e d from P a g e 1 W e m ay b e touching œ - a subject ill it makes people a little uncomfortable, but it’s something tiiat most people have either done or have thought about doing. T he first topic for the new and improved sex column will b e mastwbation. This, as m ost people knew, is the act o f E m ulating ones ow n geni- ‘ i , : , . ‘ • ------- "“‘Sr Sean Doran and Dutt\ Ep^einwrestle during'a scene if ä j i ie Los't¿B(if p All p h o to s c o n trib u te d b y O w e n C a re y talia in order to get sexual arousal, usually ending in an orgasm. , -J M any people think o f mastur- • batipn as a safer alternative to s e x ,* which is true because there js.no w ay o f getting pregnant or catching any sexually transmitted disease. H a s is not a how -to o n masturbat ing. The goal is to m ake one mure aw are o f w hat if m ay be, w hat is normal and if it is or is not bad for one’s health. W hen asked i f sex or mastur- • ta tto o is better, Phat Tran, sopho more at Clackamas Community College said, ‘Torrdcalion \\iih a w om an delivers m e t o a stage o f c o m p ile ecstasy w hile masturba tion reminds m e o f h dw lonely 1 a m ” W hile m ost people w orld - agree to this, it is a nice w ay to relieve stress. Masturbation is no t ¡a n ew thing to the, people in, the world. It has been around for hundreds o f years. Even in ancient times, it ~ hi is been reu h ded that m en .md w om en would masturbate. ** , i T h e re a re a lo to fm y th s about masturbation. People thinkyoucan go blind, get acne, grow hair on your palm s o r die tram pleasuring yourself. So while one is walking dow n the street and you see either a blind person or' someone w ho ♦ has quite a lot o f acne, o r extreme “There are so many schools being closed right now. The classroom sizes are out o f "control. All o f this is sup posed to be saving education when it’s really, well, it’s killing it,” said Mach. One o f the m ost frequently recur ring themes o f the play is that there is no measure o f education. ‘T read a book, it’s by Diane Ravitch, called ‘The Death and Life o f the Great American School System,”’ said Mach, “[is foe book is about foe] potential that comes with the testing for test masters and software creators that are getting an awful lo t o f money o ff o f foe public school system,” as well as that “I mean, it’s in foe higher education too, but foe story just sort o f manifested itself ” . Mach, in regards to her involve m ent in foe production o f foe plays themselves, stated that she attend ed foe auditions, but that she did not make any final decisions about anyone involved; in-cluding direc tors, actors and foe theater companies themselves. During foe “talk-back” w hich took place after foe Jan. 12 show, Ellen Fader, a retired librarian with her Master’s degree, described foe s h o w 'a s “theater o f foe absurd. Unfortunately, this is a reality.” The “talk-back” gave foe audience a chance to comment on th ep lay or ask questions and clarify. In response to multiple questions pertaining to foe topic o f race, the direcSeantor stated he believed there w as an “emphasis on poverty over race.” M ach’s husband, B ruce Burkhartsmeier, a high school teacher at West View High School in Port land, is performing in foe show alongside Jackfyn Maddux, Maureen Porter, Jon San Nicolas, Rolland Walsh, Gavin Hoffinan and is directed by Philip Cuomo foe executive direc tor o f Port-land Actor’s Conservatory. The show runs through Feb. 3. * Additionally, “The Lost Boy” is being performed at foe Artist’s Reparatory Theater o ff o f 15fo and Morrison iri'foe downtown Portland area. The play has w on foe Angus L .. •Bowmer award for dram a at foe 2Ö11 O BA and is about a young boy from a rich family who has been abducted and is being held for ransom. The play has been described as-colota ful and takes place in Pennsylvania amidst a circus in foe m id 1870s;' . The recurring theme o f foe play; is; ^exploitation, specifically in reference to a parent’s vulnerability. , Linda Davis, who was visiting Portland from N ew . Hampshire, described foe play as “eye-catching” ”The Lost Boy” stars M ichael Fisher-Welsh, Dana Millican, Sam Dinkowitz, Luisa Sermol, Gray Eubank, Sean Doran, Duffy Epstein and Doren Elias. The show is directed * by Allen Nause and runs through Feb. 10. ly hairy hands, don’t assume foey jiist a niytfi. ’ ' M any people wouldn’t confess to masturbating. Mien m ore com monly will jo b s around about plea suring themselves, while w om en keep it to themselves. Masturbation is normal, It’s normal i f you d b it and it’s normal if you don’t There are m any ways that people can masturbate, “A range o f wa>s is "normal,”’ said Paul JcuntMcks, a psychoanalyst in Waldport, OR. Another myfo about masturbat ing is that rt is bad for you, for m t» it’s been said that it can reduce the amount o f semen they can produce and makes th a n intotile. H ie truth about it is that it doesn’t reduce the am ount ofsem en any m an can pro duce and it m ost definitely doesn’t m ake them infertile. For w om en it w as believed that it reduces their chance o f ever becoming p reg n an t; and reduces their sex drive. Intact, this is almost opposite. It actually stimulates ones honnenes and can give w om en m ore o f a likely pos sibility to get p reg ran t * J Dildos and fleshlights have become quite popular sex tov» being sold in m any sex shops all across the world as w ell as on the Internet. Masturbation aids are something people talk about m ore and m ore and they aren’t as embarrassing as tfrev once w ere to own. N o matter if y o u use a toy or just your hand, reaching the climax is all that matters because it is medically pro v o i to relieve stress and improve ones day. ' “It can improve a depressed mood,’’ said Kathleen Segraves, a sex therapist and associate profes sor o f psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University and a therapist at \k tn ,h e a lth M tdica) ( e n te r in Cleveland, Ohio. ‘N o t clini cal depression, but the ‘blue tank’ days.” “With solo sex, there is n o dis traction and you can focus m your • ow n experience without m aking sure someone else is having a good time,” Segraves said In conclusion, if you choose to masturbate or have tun with a partner, it is your choice, but being safe is key. Just remember, lode your door, use protection or any necessity and have a good time, t ' i ORDERING ONLINE IS AS EASY AS CHANGING YOUR MAJOR...AGAIN. 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