The posters were seductive, but all they really wanted to do was spark discussion.
Discussion on safe sex was the theme of "Let's Talk about Sex" week sponsored by Health Promotion Services, the Women's Center, LGBT Student Services and SHARE.
The events were billed with provocative names, but the goal of the program was to educate students about safer sex and to discuss diversity of sexual expression, said Amada Sandoval GS '00, director of the Women's Center.
"If you're not talking about it, it's hard to protect yourself," she said.
Rates of infection for sexually transmitted diseases like HIV are rising again in the 18-25 age bracket, she added.
The events have included a screening of the HBO show "Sex and the City," a talk on abstinence, an examination of college dating and relationships, a discussion on Internet dating and panels on sexual health and gay and lesbian safe sex.
At the panel discussion "Sex and Chocolate" on Thursday, Thema Bryant of Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resource and Education spoke about some of the requirements for a fulfilling sexual relationship: attraction, good communication and a positive self-image.
The discussions on abstinence and on sexual relationships at college have been the most popular, Sandoval said. However, she expressed concern that some of the other events were not as well attended.
"Undergraduates aren't talking about [having sex] and yet people are doing it," she said.
However, while students at other universities might be more receptive to discussions on sex, Princeton is "not an extreme," Sandoval said.
Last night's "From Top to Bottom: Everything There is to Know About Gay Sex," focused on disease prevention for homosexuals.
Zach Buchwald, a coordinator at the New York Gay Men's Health Crisis, said the current safe-sex methods, including the use of prophylactics for oral sex and the controversy over the safety of the spermicide nonoxynol-9.
However, the organizers said they were saddened that many posters placed on campus by the LGBT had been torn down, said Debbie Bazarsky, LGBT student services coordinator.
Public Safety will investigate the removal, said Kathleen Deignan, dean of undergraduate students.
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