MHCC session to analyze kinkphobia

On Thursday, Mt. Hood will host “The Greyness of Fifty Shades of Grey” examining Kinkphobia in Pop Culture, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Town and Gown Room.

Kinkphobia is defined as “a widely accepted prejudice against the practice of power exchange sex” by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti in their book “Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape.”

Steven Page, ASG wellness coordinator, created this event after meeting Tynan Fox while in California. Fox, a practiced nurse from the east coast, is familiar with discussion of subjects such as kinkphobia and has a current contract with a Philadelphia school to speak on the subject every year.

Page organized and planned the upcoming event, managing to secure Fox as the featured speaker. Fox will draw examples from both the book “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James, as well as the movie Pulp Fiction, to relate this subject. The presentation will use props, and there will be a question-and-answer session.

Page wants to appeal to the masses and give people a more open mind toward kinkphobia.

“My goal is to bring in people that are part of the culture, aren’t part of the culture, (or) see the culture as a bad thing,” he said. “Maybe change their view, maybe give them a whole new grounds to look on it upon… (to) bring staff members in who can then take it to their students, and just continue and spread the word.”

His hope is that this will pave the way for other schools to step outside the bounds and try similar, more controversial events.

Please note: This is an educational event dealing with mature and sexual themes, and viewer discretion is advised, said Page.