Sex Quiz in Campus!

This was the most bizarre thing I ever came across up to now in Massey. The students union organized a sex quiz! Posters were put up across the college promoting the event. And where was it organized? Well, of course at the Ferguson bar (which, by the way is in the campus for those who have not read my previous blogs)

I was well expecting a ‘sex’ quiz and I was amazed at what I experienced.

There was a crowd of about 60-70 people, mostly girls. Everyone was participating, well almost. As people entered they were encouraged to form their own team or join others. Team sizes did not matter. So there were teams of just two people and then there were a bunch of girls – may be a dozen – who were also a team. Every team was given one set of answer sheets with questions projected on the screen. The organisers were mostly girls. Crowd was drinking and having fun but no one was misbehaving.

Now the quiz. There were questions around ‘sex’ of course (average time a man takes to cum, average size of penis etc.) but then there was a full round on consent. They showed a nice video with tea analogy on consent (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwvrxVavnQ) followed by questions. What does consent mean? How does it change when one is drunk? What do you make if she does not consent with a firm yes and says nothing? By the end of the round everyone at the pub knew what consent meant.  There was another round on LGBT community with questions like what do you respectfully call someone from the transgender community and so on.

Now imagine which university in India would allow a sex quiz? If one did, what metal of youngsters would be able to handle it? What would we call the girls who enthusiastically participate in it? But this is perhaps beside the point. I was impressed with the maturity of the organisers on the way they curated the event.

Indeed, while sex is about ‘sex’ but it is equally about consent and gender neutrality. Kudos!