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Summary

Taboo Club mailing list

This list serves as a place for frank discussion of sex and sexuality, and for organizing Taboo Club. Taboo was born out of a desire to promote frank and open discussion of sexual topics in a safe, non-judgmental environment. This interest in discussion led to an interest in promoting sexual education in the Olin community, and to the celebration and expression of the intricacies of sex in the modern world. Discussion of sexuality is not simply limited to sex itself, but also includes analysis of cultural stereotypes, the modern sex-negative status quo and how it developed, conditioned views of sex, and modern reformative movements and literature. The founders of this club wanted to remove the taboos surrounding sexual discussion, and making this list was the first step.

New Sexuality mailing list members will be contacted by the list admin before their membership status is confirmed so that they understand the list's mission, appropriate e-mail etiquette, and the sensitivity of the topics being discussed.

There are 5 basic ground rules:

1. This list may contain members that are under 18 years of age. Therefore, do not embed pornographic images in e-mails. You may link to pornographic material, but indicate the content of the link by indicating that it is "NSFW".
2. Please try to make subject lines "safe for work", so you don't unnecessarily offend someone who may glance at your Outlook e-mail pop-ups.
3. Please try to summarize the content of your e-mail in the first line of your e-mail. This will help keep people comfortable, as they get to opt-in to a discussion instead of having to read something they may not be interested in.
4. Please clearly label joke e-mails that might be construed as offensive or alarming.
5. Because you're anonymous until you choose not to be, give people that you reference anonymity as well, unless they've specifically told you that they're comfortable being identified. Additionally, give posters the benefit of the doubt and don't try to guess who sent one email or another.

This list is completely opt-in. The list is anonymous, in that when a member sends an e-mail to the list, the senders name is replaced with sexuality@lists.olin.edu. In cases of emergency, there are provisions for working with college administration for identifying the sender of an e-mail. You may choose to include a "signature" to identify your e-mails and allow people to contact you directly, but that is entirely optional. The list is also un-moderated, so please use your discretion when posting. If you cannot abide by these rules, you can unsubscribe. If the list gets out of hand, it can and will be shut down.

To contact the list owners, use the following email address: sexuality-owner@lists.olin.edu

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