A university chapel in Meadville, Pennsylvania provided the unusual setting for a seminar on Wednesday night teaching students about masturbation and how best to help a sexual partner achieve orgasm.
Ford Memorial Chapel, built and dedicated in 1902, is where Catholic mass and non-denominational services are conducted every week at Allegheny College, a private liberal arts college in northwestern Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday evening it played host to the ‘educational seminar,’ dubbed ‘I Heart the Female Orgasm’, which featured professional sex educators Marshall Miller and Kate Weinberg.
They spoke to students about a variety of masturbation techniques during the evening.
‘Sometimes it can be difficult finding your G spot by yourself, because it involves inserting a finger or fingers inside the vagina into the front wall of the body, and that kind of results in an awkward, kind of clawlike hand position,’ Weinberg told a giggling audience as he demonstrating with a pawing motion.
‘Obviously, there are better ways you can position your body. Or if you’ve got a partner, you can get your partner to insert their finger or fingers inside your vagina in the front wall of your body in a sort of a J curve.’
Miller also weighed in, reports The College Fix, noting ‘some (women) find that if they change the angle or position, they can find some way of rubbing against their partner’s body, against the base of his penis or pubic bone, and with rubbing to have enough stimulation to orgasm in intercourse.’
The sex educators also told students masturbation isn’t a sin and that genitals come in all different shapes and sizes. They also played the famous fake orgasm scene from ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and displayed different diagrams depicting women’s genitals.
The decision to host such an event in the chapel has been defended by the college’s chaplain.
‘I don’t have a problem with it being held in the chapel,’ Chaplain Jane Ellen Nickel told The College Fix. ‘The program advocates responsible, respectful decision-making regarding sexual behavior, and includes the option waiting for marriage, a message that resonates with many students of faith.
Program coordinator Marshall Miller also advised students to buy his book which was on sale at the event
‘While the name may have some shock value, the event itself is consistent with our policy of opening the building to campus groups.’
The event was hosted by Allegheny’s student government and Allegheny College’s Reproductive Health Coalition, along with Young Feminists and Queers and Allies. It was funded by student activities fees.
After the seminar had finished student groups sold buttons, t-shirts and hats bearing the program’s name. Also on sale inside the chapel was a book entitled ‘I Heart Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide,’ co-written by program coordinators Marshall Miller.
