Sex
69% of Freshman Class Entered College as Virgins, Survey Finds
The Crimson’s annual survey of the freshman class found that 69 percent of incoming students came to college without having had sexual intercourse, the highest reported percentage in 11 years.
Eleventh Annual Harvard Sex Week Titillates Campus
Harvard students gathered last week for the eleventh annual “Sex Week,” a weeklong series of events dedicated to sexual health and well-being, to discuss safer sex and sexual wellness, LGBTQ+ intimacy, and sexual pleasure.
‘A Vital Part of Sexuality’: LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Harvard Sex Week
Since 2012, Sexual Health and Advocacy Throughout Harvard College has hosted an annual Sex Week to advance sex positivity and education on campus — and in the process, the group’s leaders have sought to ensure programming is inclusive of LGBTQ+ experiences.
Sex Week Hosts Lecture on Navigating Transgender Healthcare
Harvard Sex Week hosted a lecture on Friday in Emerson Hall on navigating healthcare as a transgender person.
Sex Weekend Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Harvard students celebrated the College’s tenth annual Sex Weekend over the past three days, attending a slate of events that engaged them in conversations about sex, intimacy, gender, and more.
Sex Week Event Addresses Common Myths Around Sexual Health
Sex health educator and writer Mari Kempner brought attention to how politicians spread misinformation on sexual health to further political agendas at an event Friday during the College’s annual Sex Week.
Harvard Sex Week Begins With a Bang
Harvard’s Sex Week, an annual series of events featuring student panels and workshops on sexual health and intimacy, began on Monday.
Sex Week Opening 2021
The annual Sex Week at Harvard commenced with an event on BGLTQ intimacy in Fong Auditorium Monday evening. The week consists of events from workshops to facilitated discussions, all focusing on sex, sexual health, sexuality, gender, and relationships.
Harvard Sex Week Arouses Thoughtful Discussions
Students spoke about sexual health and intimacy during Sex Week events last week, attending panels and workshops with topics ranging from sex toys to gender identity.
Catholic Student Association Hosts Inaugural 'Catholic Sex Week'
Theologian Janet E. Smith delved into the Catholic Church’s stance on sex and sexuality in a lecture hosted by the Catholic Student Association Thursday evening.
Harvard Rolls Out Mandatory Sexual Assault Prevention Training for Faculty, Staff
An estimated 18,000 faculty and staff across the University will take a sexual assault prevention training module starting Monday. The new program comes on the heels of a year that saw the #MeToo movement hit Harvard in a big way.
Harvard Sex Week Returns to Stimulate Campus Conversations
. “It reaffirmed to me that we may be brilliant in the classroom, but we still need and deserve a comprehensive education in the bedroom, and so I'm proud of the work that Sex Week does," organizer Lita D. Peña ’19 wrote of Sex Week.
A Spooky, Sultry, Freshmen Parents-Filled Sex Week
Run by SHEATH, Sexual Health Education and Advocacy Throughout Harvard College, Sex Week hosts about two events per day, covering topics from fetishes to period sex and everything in between.
Employee Planned Show Containing Anti-Semitism, Nudity in Harvard Workplace During Work Hours
Harvard employee Eric Clopper filmed promotional videos and planned his controversial one-man performance during work hours and in his workplace, the Language Resource Center in Lamont Library.
Free Condoms at Sex Week
Students picked up free condoms following a panel discussion on the intersection of sex and race, part of the annual Harvard Sex Week.
Bigger Than Ever: Sex Week Kicks Off
Let's talk about sex, baby. Literally though. Harvard students have an unfortunately pure reputation, but Sex Week is here to come to the rescue with expert knowledge about the birds and the bees.
Overheard at Sex Toys 101
We checked out Sex Toys 101 and kept our ears open. Thank you to the Harvard community for their amazing commentary on this event.
The Bitter Pill: Harvard and the Dark History of Birth Control
In the 1950s, two Harvard professors tested the birth control pill on mentally ill Massachusetts women and low-income Puerto Rican women, raising questions about research practices at Harvard and beyond.
'Sex Weekend' Seeks to Stimulate Discussion
SHEATH hosted Sex Weekend, a three-day event aimed at issues of sex, sexual health, relationships, and other sex-related topics, from Friday to Sunday.
Sexual Health Groups Kick Off Sexual Assault Awareness Month
More than 100 students flocked to Boylston Hall for sexual health-themed activities evening as part of a kick-off event for sexual assault awareness month.
Good Vibes Only: Good Vibrations Staffer Preaches Sex Positivity
Good Vibrations is a “pleasure boutique” founded in 1977 with the goal of creating a “clean, well-lighted alternative to conventional adult bookstores,” according to its website.
Good Vibrations
Tucked into a nook of Harvard Square, below the sidewalk, and down a set of quaint little stairs, there is a sex shop.
'Consumer Guide to MIT Men'
FM takes a look back at the 1977 "Consumer Guide to MIT Men," a sexually explicit ranking of male MIT students.
Sex Week 2016
Rachel Hills, author of “The Sex Myth,” speaks during a talk titled “Busting Sexual Stereotypes” on Friday in Sever Hall. The event was held as part of the annual Harvard Sex Week.