The Union Activities Board and Inter-Residence Council are once again bringing the ‘I Heart Female Orgasm’ program to campus. The program will be held in Stewart Theatre Thursday at 7 p.m.

‘I Heart Female Orgasm’ is a sexual education and women’s empowerment program that includes an opportunity to talk openly in same-gender groups and obtain answers to the most common questions about orgasms.

Alex Huffman, a junior in accounting and a member of the UAB Issues and Ideas Committee, said attendees will learn about sexuality in the media, the female anatomy and the best possible sexual decisions for themselves.

‘This isn’t your typical sex talk,’ Huffman said. ‘This is going to be different. It’s going to be interesting.’

Sex educators Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot have given more than 450 presentations at colleges and universities, businesses, regional and national conferences and adult education centers.

The IRC and the UAB Issues and Ideas Committee first brought the program to the University last year.’

Due to the turnout at Witherspoon Student Cinema, which exceeded the seating capacity, the event has been moved to Stewart Theatre.

Huffman said students were turned away last year as the theater reached capacity.

‘It really didn’t work out last year,’ Huffman said. ‘We’re hoping to fill out all the seats this year.’

The program will be free and open to faculty, students and staff.

Hayat Shawwa, a sophomore in psychology, said it is going to be interesting to learn about how woman deal with sex.

‘By attending the program I gain a greater sense of what I am as a woman in this society,’ she said.

Shawwa said it would be interesting to hear what the presenters have to say about sex.

‘This is different from other programs I’ve been to because this is geared towards woman,’ she said

Shawwa said some people are going to be against the program because they might have grown up in a sheltered household as she did.

‘From a religious standing point you’re not supposed to talk about your body and sexuality so people gear away from talking about it so openly and publicly,’ she said. ‘But I think a lot of women are going to show up because it talks about women’s empowerment and how to deal with these problems. I think this is a problem that affects almost every college female.’

Huffman said there was a lot controversy at last year’s program.

‘Parents were calling and saying that they didn’t think it was appropriate for the University to sponsor an event that was all about sex,’ Huffman said.

She also said the program isn’t about abstinence.

‘In most areas they do not teach about contraceptive sex. They teach to say no,’ Huffman said. ‘People are engaging in sexual activity and they want to talk about it.’

Huffman said by attending the program people will think about whether or not they want to have sex and learn about safe sex and preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

‘It’s a chance to see sex from a different point of view and it is also important to be open about sex,’ Huffman said. ‘These people have a degree in sexual education. If anybody has questions about it they need to come and ask.’