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Clark Coeds Speak Out
On Black Sexual Attitudes
By Brenda L. Camp
Black women today,
particularly Black college
women, have been caught
up in that delicate balance
between the sexes. The
struggle has included up to
this point, the quest for
power, money, and political
dominance.
Yet another point of con
tention comes to light when
ying and yang cross each
other’s path: sexual domin^
ance.
On Clark’s campus many
coeds object to the notion
that all decisions concern
ing sex should be solely
the domain of the male.
And many even more
strongly object to the atti
tudes of men in general
when it comes to approach
ing them. The male has
moved up an inch in life
when he like his white coun
terpart, views woman as a
sex object.
“Sometimes before you
even go out with them, they
ask about sex,’’ an ad
vanced freshman said.
"The average dude wants
you just for your body.
“I have hangups when it
comes to morality, that’s
the part that gets to me.
This is the approach: let
me put some loving on you,
baby.”
A senior coed here, from
a fairly small hometown,
echoed this view.
“Love doesn’t always
have to come before sex,
but it shoud come natural.
It shouldn’t be just for
gamesake. ’ ’
According to another
Clarkite, sexual involve
ment should be onsidered
from more than a biologi
cal angle.
“People just don’t sit
down and think about sex
on a moral basis. People
are not educated on a moral
basis. They just say, ‘be
careful,’ and give us birth
control pills.”
A 21-year-old senior
psychology major from a
very small Georgia town
had maxed views on sexual
involvement and black fe
male sexuality.
“I’m not sexually active
at the moment, but I really
want to be,” she said.
“Damn right I’m anxious..
There’s not a deficiency
when it comes to vitamin
P.
“(I) aint got no morals,”
she added. “My parents
were behind the times; my
upbringing had a lot to do
with it. Aint loose, I’m just
mid-way sexed. But I’m
about zero on the sexuality
scale.
“Black men’s sexual
attitudes toward the black
woman is like, well, they
look upon us as just out
there. The most frequent
ly asked question from
DUDES IS ‘are you on the
pill?”
Recent reports complied
on female sexuality on col
lege campuses show that
the average freshman coed
is inexperienced sexually.
On this campus there may
be a reversal of this trend.
Attitudes regarding sex
in general have changed
steadily since the wide ac
cessibility of the pill and
the so-called new morality.
“I’ve been sexually
active since high school,”
a Clark coed said. She’s
a business major from a
large Florida city.
“The first time I tried
it, I was about 17. It was
not peer pressure and not
curiosity. I guess it was
just nature,” she added.
“I learned myself most
ly, well my sisters ran it
down really. And I don’t
feel guilty.
“But men try to be cool.
I’ve never approached any
body, but a woman is over
sexed if she does.”
A smalltown coed agreed
that she had looked forward
to her first sexual en
counter.
“You don’t have to love
to have sex, because if
that was the case, I would
never have had sex. I’ve
never loved. I just wanted
the right person.” .
One freshman, who said
she was sexually inex
perienced, said that sex
before marriage will
“come back on you.”
“The man is out there
for what he can get. If
you want a man and have
a future, you’ll have nothing
to show him and he’ll be
tired of you if you have
sex before marriage.”
Another freshman said
she felt pressured but did
not know enough about sex.
“I feel like I’m missing
out on something. But I
really think I’ve got the
desire.”
Many black coeds refus
ed to compare their own
concepts of sexuality with
what they supposed to be
white female sexuality.
The only response that
did not fall in the realm
of the profane was that
some black women are be
ginning to act like white
women when it comes to
sex.
Though reports and re
sponses show that many
freshmen and smalltown
coeds display some naivete
concerning black female
sexuality, much knowledge
can be gained from their
peerage. Many a dormitory
room can supply the gra
phics.
GOING GOING GONE.
Instead of catching criminals the Atlanta Police Dept,
was busy towing away students ’cars at a going price of
$25 each.
Page Three PANTHER October, 1974
Personnel Blames Students
Lines Frustrate
Bookstore Traffic
By Diane Arnold
The beginning of a new
semester always presents
some problems among
these is the problem of
lines - and one of the
longest lines is that of the
longest lines is that of
the Clark College Book
store. Students are
throughly discouraged with
the bookstore’s operations
but the bookstore manager
believes the students are
partially at fault.
The bookstore, located
on the ground floor of Mc-
Pheeters-Dennis, operates
between the hours of 9-
12:30 and 1:30-3:30 Mon
days thru Fridays. It is
staffed by Mrs. Narvel
Williams, and two student
helpers. Guards frequently
walk the premises to pro
vide protection against
robbery.
When questioned, the
majority of the students
were disappointed, to say
the least, over the book
store situation. Melvin
Richardson, a freshman
accounting major from
Waycross, Ga., thought the
facilities of the store were
too limited. He suggested
that perhaps another book
store should be establish
store should be estab
lish, and each store carry
only books for certain sub
jects.
A freshman business
major from Morris Brown
major from Morris
Brown, Pluria Grier,
visited the bookstore to
purchase a book. Pluria
compared the Clark line
to those at Morris Brown.
“They (Morris Brown’s)
are long, but not this
long,” said Pluria.
Hoping to avoid the
line, I waited until the
second week of classes be
fore purchasing any books.
Even at that time I arrived
at 7:45 and became the 9th
person in line. After wait
ing until 9:20 to be served,
I Found that only one out of
six books needed was
available.
Some students resorted
to “cutting lines” in order
to beat the hassle. “It
ain’t hurt nothing, ”’
was one Clarkite’s reply
when questioned about her
practice of cutting.
However, not every stu
dent sees it the same way.
Myrna Bradley, a senior
business administration
major from Miami, Flori
da, was unsympathetic with
line cutters. “No, I feel
that they should wait like
anyone else,” Miss Brad
ley said.
Henry Donerlson, a ju
nior journalism city stu
dent, found one way to beat
standing in line. “I gave
someone else the money, I
didn’t feel like standing in
line.”
The bookstore is sized
for elementary school.
There’s no hope. Tear that
one down and start all over
again,” said Donerlson.
Mrs. Williams, book
store manager of 10 years,
feels thaz the boostore’s
operation is not that revolt
ing. She places the re
sponsibility for the store’s
efficient operation on the
students.
The main problem, ac
cording to Mrs. Williams,
is the failure of the students
to know what they want.
“We ask them to write out
the book titles and au
thors, Mrs. Williams said.
This would make it easier
and faster to serve some
one, she said.
Manager Williams com
plained that a considerable
number of students came
through the line requesting
“that blue book or that red
book.”
“The students don’t know
what they want and expect
you to think for them,” she
said. .• • ... .
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