Recently I had the most amazing opportunity provided by my all-time favorite club Her Campus Hofstra. Our past president who now works at TAG Media Group invited us to the opening of the V-Club in New York City.
Before I go into anything crazy, yes V means what you think it means.
Here are my lovely Her Campus ladies (minus Madie, you'll see her soon!)
So, what the V-Club is, is a masterclass for women about sex and relationships “fully clothed”. They have classes for younger people about the bodies of both men and women and also, they have a class for women over 50 who are looking to learn more about themselves.
Located off 5th Ave on 25th street, when you finally enter the room, you are just in awe of how pretty everything is. Apartment Inspo all-the-way! When you see some of my pictures below, I apologize because the lighting wasn’t very photo friendly, but of course, that is expected in a place where you are going to be talking about something so sensitive.
Now this isn't something out of Meet the Fockers 2, no one is getting on top of each other.
I got to meet so many amazing women including the instructors as well as the co-founder and more! It was truly a great experience and we all had the same reason for why we wanted to go to these classes. We want to know more. At first, it was definitely awkward to be there and to be hearing about sex because its just something people don't really openly talk about unless your really really good friends. However, I got over this feeling VERY quickly when I realized, first, I don't care what people think, and second, the ones that are there are also there to learn too. That is what is so great about these classes. When you go there, you are in a whole room of women that are interested in knowing more about their bodies and no one is going to judge you. In school, you are always taught how bad sex is. For example, you can get this laundry list of STDs and you can get pregnant and you should do this, and you shouldn’t do that but no one ever really teaches you how to have sex. It's up to your parents to do so and if they don’t want to, they aren't going too and then it’s up to the person you first do it with. (Need I say more) Now, for the parents that do want to teach you, its more of a this is what happens kind of deal and that’s totally fine because they don’t know any difference either. That’s what the V-Club is here to do. Talking about sex doesn’t have to be weird unless you make it weird. I know my family is a little surprised that I am writing about something like this, but my generation and even in my mom’s generation, we have started to be more open and talk about stuff, so we can live our best lives!
How beautiful are these!?
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Photo Credit: Kelly Kramer Photography
One of the Co-Founders:
Photo Credit: Kelly Kramer Photography
I was able to meet Courtney Cleman, Co-Founder and Class Educator for The V-Club. She is working towards breaking the taboos of sex and spreading the message that sex should be fun, romantic, and interesting. It's not supposed to be all about one person or the other. It should be about both.
I wasn't able to meet the other Co-Founder, Kate Lubimova, but she is a published sexologist as well as an experienced sex coach and book author. After the opening event, a couple of my friends and I are going to attend a class because we got a free voucher for one and hello who doesn’t want to learn more about their body and hello again... its free. So, I will definitely have more to talk about, about the actual classes but for now, I just have some really pretty pictures of their space!
Here is Madie! The gorg red head next to me!
Overall, these ladies mastered not only the decor but also the aesthetic needed to create a perfect environment for women to talk and learn about something fun! Every single instructor there knows what she's talking about and knows how to present the information in a way that truly makes sense to you.
Interested in taking a class? Check them out here! What do you think? Should we be more open to talking about sex? Should we keep it to ourselves? Let me know in the comments below! Feel free to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest to see what I am up to and to catch up on my latest news!
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Joanne
4/13/2018 10:29:57 am
I loved this story as everyone should listen about safe and fun sex..can't wait for your next blog..
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I love this! I absolutely think we should speak more openly about sex. Sex is sex. Everyone does it. It's how we create life. It's a huge, fundamental part of life and relationships. Positive sex talk is important to deter the shame around it. Sex is not bad. There are had experiences and people that make it bad, but it's part of life and let's face it... It's not going anywhere anytime soon!
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