Every college student has heard of it happening, if it hasn't happened to them personally. Roommates get "sexiled" (the act of exiling someone from a room in order to have sexual relations in it) all the time. Maybe you come back to a rubber band on the doorknob, or read a text message on your way back from class ("cn i hve lik 20 min?"), or you are blatantly asked to leave when a guest arrives. Sure it can be an inconvenience, but would you rather give your roommate some space for a little while, or be there as it happens?
Some don't have a choice. Judging by what I have observed, more and more, kids are disregarding the presence of others and performing sexual acts regardless of who else might be in the room. This could be as benign as thinking a roommate is asleep when they in fact, are not, all the way to deliberately having sexual relations while a roommate is present and conscious. Some of us have been that roommate, and what a lot of us cannot seem to fathom is why do these people not only ignore their roommates' comfort levels, but why do they even feel comfortable engaging in these acts in front of others in the first place?
In this blog I am going to explore the reasons why people feel these behaviors are socially acceptable, and how others around them may feel. Other closely related topics such as voyeurism and exhibitionism I think will help to guide my insights on this subject. I especially want to know why some college students living in dorms feel that is is acceptable to engage in sexual acts among the presence of others.
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