As always, reading about non-college student reactions to college sex columns intrigues me. It gives me insight into the generational differences between students and parents. This article, while humorous, disturbed and angered me.

Mr. Park states, "As much as (sex columns are) taken for granted on campuses, they've got others hot under the collar." I should hope so! One of the main goals of a column like this is to make people, whether they are hardcore sluts or models of virtue and chastity, think about their behaviors.

Perhaps these articles are taken for granted because they reveal something students on college campuses already know. Sex is prevalent and it always has been. I'm not here to teach you how to get better sex out of life on campus. Of course, I think it would be excellent if there were a guide, maybe a Sex for Dummies book, but if there is, I've never seen it.

The article goes on to quote concerned citizens who are worried that sex columns will be the moral downfall of the future leaders of this country. Mr. Robert Knight, the director of the Culture and Family Institute, claims these children are being sent to college to "learn about math, science, history, not the latest sex advice." Are our elders so naïve that they think math, science and history are the only things we learn in college? People would learn about sex, love and relationships with or without sex columns. What makes them seem so shocking is the fact that sex is thrust into the open. Two can play the pun game, Mr. Park.

Sex columns offend Mrs. Rose Masterson. I refuse to apologize to those who find offense in sex columns. Mrs. Masterson believes that sex columns "lull young people into a false sense of security." We know the dangers of sex. We know that you can get pregnant, contract a sexually transmitted disease, have our hearts broken. How long are we supposed to bend to the will of our parents? How long are we supposed to act as our parents would want us to act instead of making decisions for ourselves?

I hate to break it to parents, but when you send your child off to college, you have to trust that they will make the right decision. Trusting someone is hard, but if you don't trust us, how do you ever expect us to trust ourselves?

Mr. Knight may be the director of the Culture and Family Institute, but who is he to assume that we are ignorant to the fact that sex is dangerous? We know the dangers of sex, promiscuous or not, yet as adults, we make the decision to engage in these activities. I wonder if parents ever consider the idea that perhaps it is their fault their children are making uninformed decisions? Somehow I think they would rather place the blame on those evil, perverted, immoral sex columnists.

Furthermore (you know I'm getting worked up when I use words like "furthermore" in my ramblings), Mr. Knight asks a question of our generation: "Other generations have kept their pants on. Why can't this one?"

To this I reply, Did you grow up under a rock? I have already explored the idea that our parents have forgotten the free love associated with their generation, so I won't delve any further into that issue.

I'll end this tirade on a question of diction. Throughout this article, we are called "kids" and "children." The closest this article comes to considering us adults is to label us "young people." Yes, I would have a problem with a sex/relationship column appearing in a high school newspaper. However, at 18, if students have not been through a sex education class or a "birds and the bees" chat with their parents/guardians, I will argue that I and the multitude of other sex columnists appearing on college campuses, are not to blame for a lack of knowledge concerning the dangers of sex.

If you don't want your child exposed to sex and its many issues (which is exactly what I try to do each week), stick them in a bubble and never let them leave home. Critique sex columns all you want, folks. Just know that when you do, I'll be there, ready and waiting.