Colgate University’s new sex ed class based on Yes Means Yes

Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti, is being used to frame a new official sexual education class at Colgate University.

Colgate University has introduced an official sexual education class on campus. “Yes Means Yes” is a series of five non-credit classes held on Wednesday evenings over dinner from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The topic of discussion will be Colgate’s “hook-up culture,” what one wants in a relationship, how to navigate one’s own sexuality better and how to help others with these areas. Facilitators will focus on the formative novel, Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape.
Berger selected Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape, written by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti, to emphasize positive sexuality and consensual sex. An individual chapter is assigned for each week’s discussion in order to have a strong foundation for conversation and plenty of participation.

As a contributor to Yes Means Yes I’m by no means impartial, but I think the book rocks and has coverage of issues I would have loved to talk about in college.
Way to go Colgate!