Valentine’s Week To Include Responsibility Lessons

As love begins filling the air with Valentine’s Day approaching, the Student Health Center and SHSU’s BACCHUS Peer Education Network will remind students to be sexually responsible with a week filled with activities designed to provide information on sexually transmitted infections and testing, contraception, healthy relationships, and consistent and correct use of condoms.

Sexual Responsibility Week, which is always the week of Valentine’s Day, will kick off on Monday (Feb. 12) with “Let’s Talk About Sex,” at 6 p.m. in Smith-Hutson Building Room 139.

The event will include Julio Asencio from Planned Parenthood discussing the importance of sexual responsibility and answering sex-related questions, as well as providing free condoms and information about free HIV testing.

On Tuesday, students can test how savvy they are on contraceptives with a “Contraception Challenge” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Mall Area.

That evening, health programming coordinator Michelle Lovering will moderate a discussion entitled "Sex in the Dark," during which students are invited to talk about sexual health and the mysteries behind male and female thoughts on sexuality in a dimly lit room, which provides “a sense of anonymity,” at 5 p.m. in LSC Room 304.

Student couples can test how well they know each other by putting their relationship to the test on Wednesday with “The Newly-Met Game,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the LSC Mall Area.

Also on Tuesday and Wednesday, BACCHUS will sell condom bouquets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the LSC Mall Area. Individual roses will cost 50 cents or a dozen for $5.

In addition, a limited number of coupons for free rapid HIV testing will be distributed at the events. Tests will be held on Feb. 15 at Planned Parenthood.

"We hope that all students would be sexually responsible all year round, but this week provides a great reminder to students,” Lovering said. “In the end, we hope that students understand that there are always going to be some risks involved with sexual activity, but with the right information and the right protective behaviors, one can be sexually active and healthy.”

For more information on Sexual Responsibility Week, contact Lovering at
mlovering@shsu.edu or 936.294.4347.

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SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer Gauntt
Feb. 9, 2007
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