Plastic fantastic motions
New College JCR are in need of more contraceptives, according to a motion debated last week.
The motion proposed that as the JCR President and Treasurer were romantically involved, they should report back to the JCR "if or when they can feel able to" on the quality of the new contraceptives. The motion was then amended asking the proposers of the motion to demonstrate the durability of the new batch on their favourite items of fruit.
Asked how the motion was received, JCR President Catherine Finney replied that JCR members "voted overwhelmingly to provide more contraception in college." She continued: "I accepted the motion in the spirit it was intended - as a bit of light-hearted fun. The proposers of the motion made it clear that reference to the JCR President and Treasurer was only a joke in an otherwise serious motion."
Elsewhere, plans to propose a motion for the provision of gloves for the practice of anal fisting have created controversy in Wadham JCR. Despite an anonymous individual removing the motion from the notice board, last week, calling it "disgusting", the motion is reportedly going to be re-proposed in two weeks time.
The motion was intended to raise awareness of LGB guidelines, which suggest that gloves be used for the sexual practice. It was felt that minority practices were not being catered for, even though the provision of free condoms is widespread among Oxford colleges. "This was a serious motion" an OxStu source claimed, "All I can say is that a lot more people turned up to the meeting when they thought that the rights of the anal fisting community to have free rubber gloves was going to be discussed."
31st Jan 2002