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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
Public lip lock turns off many, excites others
BY ELLIOT KORT
Ruti Patel was almost done with her required RA rounds of Ellsworth hall when she saw them through the window of the first floor conference room: two individuals having sex.
"This couple was just going at it on the table," the Overland Park junior said. "They were just on top of each other."
Patel said that seeing the couple in their moment of intimacy caught her off guard.
"I didn't know people would do that with the window there," she said. "I was just shocked."
The couple's location, Patel said forced her to step in.
"We had to ask them to leave," she said.
What Patel experienced raises questions about public displays of affection that many students have seen across campus. From hand holding to kissing to fullon making out, students have different views of what is acceptable for couples to engage in while in the presence of other people.
For James Scully, Lincolnshire freshman, PDA can be a positive presence in any relationship.
"I'm a firm supporter of PDA," he said. "I think PDA are a beautiful thing, and no one should be ashamed of expressing how they feel to a certain point."
What point is that?
"I would say any kind of penetration is out of bounds." Scully
said. "Anything above the belt, it doesn't matter,
Patel said that she draws the line in a different way.
"I think if you're completely all over each other, it's sort of disgusting," she said. "And there are some things we don't want to know about."
Annie Frizzell, Prairie Village freshman, said she avoided walking into awkward situations because they made her feel uncomfortable.
As for when these situations are inescapable, Frizzell said there was not much she could do.
"Personally, you see it and you just deal with it," she said.
It is at this point, Scully says, people have the choice to find an alternative to bothering people, and if given the chance, he'd try to be accommodating.
"If someone had a problem with it, I'd stop or go somewhere else." he said.
Patel said one of the most important distinctions of note concerning PDA is the difference between those who use PDA as an expression of love, and those who use it as a tool to play a part and to seek attention.
"I think there's a difference between being a couple and having a staged presence," she said.
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While some couples prefer to be affectionate in the privacy of their own homes, other couples like to flaunt their sexual chemistry in public by holding hands, locking lips and even making out.
sex court LEGAL AND ILLEGAL FACTS
RY LESLEY LATHAM
Bozeman, Montanta
All sexual activities between members of the opposite sex are banned in the front yard of a house after sundown, but only if they're nude.
Lebanon
Men are allowed to have sex with animals, but they must be female. If a man has sexual relations with a male animal it is punishable by death.
Indonesia
Indonesia The penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
Liverpool, England Topless saleswomen are legal, but only in tropical fish stores.
Cali, Columbia
Maryland
it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed in places only where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.
A woman's mother must be in the room the first time she and her husband have sex to witness the act.
Oblong, Ill.
It is illegal to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
It is illegal to have a public erection or dance nude.
Illinois
U.S.
It is illegal to have sex with a corrose.
Utah
It is legal to have sex with an animal if the act isn't performed for a profit.
Connorsville, Wis. it is illegal for a man to shoot a gun when his partner has an orgasm.
Skullbone, Tenn.
It is illegal for a woman to "pleasure a man" while he is sitting behind the wheel of a moving vehicle.
Kansas City, Kan.
Women who go out on the streets alone at night can be arrested if they are"in the streets or any public place without lawful business and without giving a good accounting of themselves."
London, England
It is illegal to have sex on a parked motorcycle.
Panama
The penalty for homosexual behavior is castration.
Montevideo, Uruguay A man cannot make love to his wife during her menstrual period.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia No type of contraceptive can be brought into the country under any circumstances.
Qatar
No unmarried woman is allowed to give birth.
Belgium, Spain, Canada, Netherlands and Massachusetts Same sex marriage is legal.
Nevada
Rhode Island
Any county with a population of fewer than 400,000 is allowed to license brothels if it chooses.
Sex for money is illegal, but street solicitation and operating a brothel are legal.
Source: various Web sites