Sex questions were answered Tuesday during the “What your mama never told you” or “Lo que tú mamá no te dijo” event in the Bruce Pitman Center.
The Women”s Center and the Office of Multicultural Affairs hosted the event, which served as a forum for students to ask questions about sex.
The event was scheduled as part of Campus Safety Week and as part of Latino Heritage Month.
Leathia Botello, the coordinator for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Rebekah MillerMacPhee, assistant director for programs in the Women”s Center, led the event as part of a panel made up of staff and students from around the University of Idaho.
MillerMacPhee said she reached out to the Office of Multicultural Affairs, who they already partner with as part of the Diversity and Human Rights unit, to see if she could reach a larger demographic and address Latino students” needs.
Botello said she has seen too many students with miseducation or no education at all about sex and sexual decisions. These students are not sure who to talk to and she hopes after this event the students will be aware of the resources that are available to them.
The event had six speakers all with expertise in different areas, such as healthy relationships and compliance.
Students at the event could ask questions in person or by texting them in to the panelists during. Everyone was also provided with a notecard to write questions on that were collected halfway through.
The event itself was part of the Women”s Center”s “Got Sex?” program. Botello and MillerMacPhee agreed the event went well for a first-time program, and they had a bigger turnout than they were expecting. They both saw this as the natural evolution of student questions from around campus.
Botello said she wanted students to see that the “Got Sex?” program is always open for students and is a great place to learn.
The Women”s Center holds “Got Sex?” events one Thursday a month. The next program will be “Malfunction Junction: Awkward Sex Moments and Other Embarrassing Incidents” 5:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in room 109 of the Memorial Gymnasium.
Katie Colson can be reached at [email protected]