Ever wonder if there are any hygienic benefits to shaving pubic hair?
Questions like this one are posed by college students and then explored on a new show on mtvU called “Sex Cred with Dr. Ruth.”
Renowned “sexpert” Dr. Ruth Westheimer, along with the nation’s leading student sex columnists, are pinning down subjects about sex within the college atmosphere in this new series.
“Our programming director bumped into Dr. Ruth at an event,” said Jason Rzepka, head of communications at mtvU. “She was excited about the idea of having a dialogue with 7.5 million college students.”
Dr. Ruth tackles sexual issues with her wit and charisma. As an adjunct professor at Yale, Princeton and NYU, she provides an innovative way to talk to students about serious sex health issues through engaging and educating conversation.
If you don’t know what mtvU is, it is a station broadcast to more than 750 colleges across the country, including the Avenue at Cal Poly. “Sex Cred with Dr. Ruth” will most likely perk up many ears throughout the cafeteria.
The series’ premiere aired Sept. 3 and featured discussion about abstinence on college campuses, encompassing both pro and con views by regular college students. It begged the question: Can one experience the college life without having sex?
Abstinence has become a heated topic when it comes to sex education, and the show gives the top reason to abstain as being due to both moral and religious beliefs.
During the premiere, Dr. Ruth talked about a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation which states that, while most college students talk about sex, only half of college freshmen have sex.
To help Dr. Ruth confront students, Lena Chen, a Harvard sociology student and writer of the column “Sex and the Ivy,” interviews various students to answer the question “is abstinence compatible with student life?”
Many students were blunt on camera. One female student, because she is Muslim, believes in not having pre-marital sex, while another joked that there are drawbacks in waiting to have sex. Another student claimed that if she did not have sex, then she would be unsure of the “sexual chemistry” of her partners.
Although the students are answering questions, they are also asking them.
Viewers are able to ask questions that they or their “friends” have, and they can be quite eye-opening.
A student asked whether a G-spot shot was a good thing or not. Dr. Ruth responded in her strong German accent, “The media tells us that there is a G-spot, but I don’t know if there is such a thing.” She stated her refusal to “hop on the bandwagon” and make a recommendation for such a thing. The series talks about sex questions everyone would like to ask, and viewers can find educational but also entertaining answers.
From increasing the G-spot to whether or not to wear two condoms, this sex show covers the bases, so to speak. Tune into the next “Sex Cred with Dr. Ruth” on Oct. 15 by watching mtvU or by going to mtvU.com.