Amherst College Under Fire For Allegedly Making Students Sit Through An Orientation Where They Had To Act Out Sex On Stage As A Way To "Promote Sexual Respect On Campus"
Source - Some students at Massachusetts’ elite liberal school, Amherst College, say they were forced to sit through a “disgusting” orientation performance where people mimicked sex acts on stage and showered condoms “like confetti” on the crowd. Footage obtained by the Washington Free Beacon captured students pretending to have sex, moaning loudly and thrusting under blankets during the annual performance that all first-years are apparently urged to attend.
The Video:
The graphic performance known as “Voices of the Class,” which is sanctioned and funded by the $92,400-a-year private school, is said to be scripted with out-of-context excerpts from incoming students’ own admissions essays.
The school defended the performances, saying they had helped promote sexual respect on campus for years.
This, my friends, is "elite liberal arts college 101." A place where the socially awkward neurodivergent seen in that video can act out (their peers') wildest (and first) sexual experience on stage in front of their classmates and think it's completely normal. I'm not going to shit on the them too much, but I will say this is what happens when you get a bunch of horned up nerds in a room. I don't blame them either, these are people who spent their adolescence calculating their weighted VS unweighted GPA. Of course they're going to think this is normal, they have nothing to reference it against.
Here's what the school's 'director of health and wellbeing' had to say…
“The skits are part of our broader commitment to promoting wellbeing and sexual respect on campus,” said Amanda Vann, the school’s director of health and wellbeing.They encourage conversations about topics that can sometimes feel difficult to discuss, from sexual health and communication to harm reduction and self-care. By presenting these subjects in a relatable, engaging format, the skits help students build the skills and awareness needed to care for themselves, support one another, and contribute to a healthy, respectful community.”
Weird, but I guess it makes sense? Still, I wouldn't want to sit through that. These students seemed to agree…
Still, some claimed the recent performances went too far.
“I understand that Amherst is trying to remove the taboo behind sex on campus, but this has gone way too far,” said John Collier, a junior.
“The way it’s forced in our faces does the exact opposite.”
Isabella Niemi, a junior, told the outlet she was so disturbed by the “grossly sexual” skit that she was desperate to leave.
“I thought about leaving 10 minutes in. I’m not someone who breaks rules or skips mandatory events, but it was disgusting enough it almost forced me to leave,” Niemi said.
Shout out to Isabella for ALMOST being disgusted enough to leave. God forbid she gets marked as absent! Next time hopefully you can muster of the courage, babe.
All jokes aside, this is a super weird thing to be doing in 2025. No harm, no foul…but still. These are adults with iPhones. They don't need to be educated on sex. A little common sense goes a longgggg way.
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PS: The kid in the orange shirt was having the time of his LIFE. "Dad how did you meet mom?" "Well lemme tell ya son…" He was basically Daniel Day Lewis method acting on stage. Core memory city. Thanks for reading.