from www.universitychronicle.com – Near the end of sex educator Sue Johanson’s presentation, attendees received a lesson from Johanson as she demonstrated how to put a condom on with her mouth.

“Those are tricks I learned from prostitutes,” Johanson said.

Johanson’s demonstration was aimed at promoting safer sex, something Johanson said is crucial because unprotected sex is considered to be high-risk behavior.

In the audience sat Lindsey Borgstrom, a computer science student from the College of St. Scholastica who drove for three hours to see Johanson’s presentation.

Borgstrom said that Johanson’s demonstration was the most memorable part of the presentation and something she did not expect to see at the beginning when Halenbeck Hall’s Main Gym filled a standing ovation that welcomed Johanson to the stage.

“Normally they never give me this kind of a microphone,” Johanson said as she began to softly kiss the hand-held microphone.

The laughter and cheers that followed would be a repeating theme throughout the night.

Johanson’s began the informational portion of her presentation by admitting that many adults had failed to teach some of the important things about sex.

“We denied you essential information about your life. We did not give you permission to accept the fact that you are sexual human beings,” Johanson said.

Johanson said males grow up more aware of their anatomy because the exploration of their own bodies at a young age is more tolerated by their parents.

“It takes a guy exactly five minutes to learn he has got a penis,” Johanson said. It takes him another five minutes to realize, ‘man, it feels good to play with it.’”

Johanson said that young females are put under more pressure to be lady-like and “nice” which can lead to confusion about anatomy later in life.

In an effort to end some of this confusion, Johanson’s presentation progressed into a lesson about the female anatomy and what it actually consists of.

Johanson received a loud approval from the audience after she said the average vagina is about five inches deep and that the last two-thirds of the vagina has almost zero nerve endings.

“Bigger is not better. Penis size does not matter,” Johanson said. “There’s nobody home up there.”

Environmental science student Donny Granlund said that he had watched Johanson on TV before and still learned a few things Wednesday night.

“In high school, I used to watch her all the time,” Granlund said. “She taught me everything I know.”

Johanson said she is often asked how a partner is able to tell if a woman reaches orgasm or not.

“You’ll have the bruises to show for it,” Johanson said.

SCSU Social work student Dave Werner said that he was amazed how easily Johanson was able to talk and joke about sex.

“It was almost like a comedy show on top of having this serious aspect about it,” Werner said.

The informational part of Johanson’s presentation began to end as she brought out a small bag filled with colorful sex toys: Johanson’s personal choice of inexpensive and well-made products for college students.

For women, Johanson recommended experimenting with different ways of masturbating. She said different techniques work well for different individuals.

“I finally found a use for all those old Beanie Babies,” Johanson joked.

While fewer sex toys are made for males, Johanson said that similar versions of these toys can be made at home from materials including “good old bubble-wrap.”

After Johanson’s informational presentation, a stack of cards of questions from the audience was brought to the front of the stage.

This part of the evening aimed at being more similar to Johanson’s former TV show “Talk Sex” in which audience viewers were able to call and ask Johanson direct questions they had about sex.

Johanson’s facial expressions ranged from frowns to grins while some of the questions seemed to concern her while others were just amusing.

One of the first questions read addressed the best positions to have sex in, a question Johanson said she gets very often.

Johanson also suggested having sex in the shower or under the kitchen table as a way of keep sex exciting and new.

Going by the theory that “the brain can absorb only how much the ass can bare,” Johanson brought her presentation to a close after more than two hours of thrusting motions and sly smiles.