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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. .• • ... . Continued On Page 6