What if we taught people about cooking the way we teach people about sex? That\u2019s the premise of a new video starring University of Maine student athletes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people might tell you that hunger and eating is a normal desire, and cooking is just a way to satisfy it,\u201d says UMaine baseball player Ryan Turenne, who opens the short video standing in front of his refrigerator.<\/p>\n
The video then cuts to softball player Emma Larke in front of her kitchen stove.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it isn\u2019t,\u201d says Larke.<\/p>\n
\u201cCooking is dangerous!\u201d says women\u2019s ice hockey player Taylor Leech.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s scary!\u201d says basketball player Solomon Iluyomade.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s bad!\u201d adds softball\u2019s Kya Enos.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t do it!\u201d says football player Shawn Page.<\/p>\n
The tongue-in-cheek video is meant to convey a serious message about the need for better, more positive sexuality education. \u201cA Recipe for Disaster: Talking About Cooking the Way We Talk About Sex\u201d was written and produced by UMaine professor of family relations and human sexuality Sandra Caron, and stars members of the student group Athletes for Sexual Responsibility, which Caron advises.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good that we don\u2019t really talk about cooking this way, but oftentimes it is how we talk about sex when trying to educate young people,\u201d says Caron. \u201cToo often people think keeping information from youth and using scare tactics will make them act responsibly. But research shows that doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video was filmed, directed and edited by professor Caron\u2019s niece, Rachel Caron, who recorded all of the scenes at apartments of various Athletes for Sexual Responsibility members.<\/p>\n
In one scene, three members of the UMaine cheer team stand in the kitchen of the apartment they all share, wearing oven mitts on their hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cSure, you can try to do it safely and wear protection,\u201d says Samantha Reilly.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo try and stop something bad from happening,\u201d says Maddie DeMoranville.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the probability is still high that something bad will happen,\u201d says Megan Wright.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt isn\u2019t even worth it!\u201d all three say together.<\/p>\n
Caron developed Athletes for Sexual Responsibility in 1990. The unique, semester-long peer education program trains student athletes to present a variety of workshops. The group has produced other videos in the past, as well as posters and educational materials on topics such as rape awareness, smart sex, and drinking and dating.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollege athletes struggle with the same sexuality issues as regular college students, including pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted diseases, dating, sexual assault and rape,\u201d says Caron. \u201cWhat we try to do with this group is have them be role models for their peers, exploring and engaging them on positive alternatives and appropriate sexual behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although most of the nearly 7-minute video features the humorous dialogue of student athletes riffing on what it would sound like if people talked about cooking the way they talk about sex, the video does end on a more serious note.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo after hearing all this, do YOU want to cook?\u201d asks Turenne.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you don\u2019t because it sounds terrifying, right?\u201d says Reilly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we need to change the narrative,\u201d Iluyomade says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to educate, not scare,\u201d says Page. \u201cBecause guess what folks?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are going to cook,\u201d says Larke.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to make sure they do it safely,\u201d says UMaine field hockey player Riley Field.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Recipe for Disaster\u201d was featured for a week on the sex education video website, sexsmartfilms.com<\/a>. It is also available on YouTube and the Athletes for Sexual Responsibility website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Contact: Casey Kelly, casey.kelly@maine.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What if we taught people about cooking the way we teach people about sex? That\u2019s the premise of a new video starring University of Maine student athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":20695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"8","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"What if we taught people about cooking the way we teach people about sex? 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