New Perspectives in Sexuality

eucational experience

• Discuss what your new educational experience was, what made it a new experience for you, and why you chose the particular experience you did.

2.  Relation to class material

• Identify at least 3 concepts discussed in class that relate to your new educational experience.
• Define each concept and how it relates to your experience.

3.  Perspective

• What was your perspective, with regards to your new educational experience, prior to your new experience?
• What was most challenging for you about this experience?
• Did your perspective change after your new educational experience? Why or why not.

4.  What you learned

• What did you learn from your new educational experience and how will this information be beneficial to you in the future? How will it benefit you as a family professional?

Some examples of new experiences related to sexuality:

• Read a book of erotic poetry or erotica
• Write a romantic short story
• Learn about Tantric sensuality (Kama Sutra)
• Read and reflect on Psalms in the Bible
• Take a workshop in sensual massage
• Interview a leader in a religious faith on an aspect related to sexuality
• Interview someone who has different religious or cultural views on sexuality (Buddhism, Islam, African American etc.)
• Visit an adult store
• Interview someone with HIV or AIDS
• Attend a lingerie party
• Review a movie such as “Boys Don’t Cry” The Brandon Teena Story
• Be a Lamaze coach for a friend or family member who’s having a baby
• Find out more about a local organization (QSA)
• Interview a worker at an abortion or pro-life clinic
• Interview someone involved in an alternative sub-culture (i.e. Nudist camps, transvestitism, swingers, fetish clubs)