One-night stands, "friends with benefits" and AIDS were the topics of conversation in Emens auditorium Thursday night as a well-known radio talk show host answered students' questions.
Dr. Drew Pinsky, better known to most as Dr. Drew, host of "Loveline," told audience members that people need to listen to their own instincts. He said that people need to live with integrity, decide what's right and wrong, and live by it. He said that this is how he has lived his life, and he encourages others to do the same.
Dr. Drew began his career as a relationship talk-show host in college. In 1983, at 23 years old, he was offered a job at a local radio station as a medical guest. He was asked to come on a show that was being produced for free for community service hours.
The show was called "Ask a Surgeon" and consisted of a disc jockey and Dr. Drew, a medical student at the time, offering advice to college students about sex, love and relationships.
The show aired between midnight and 3 a.m. At first, the producer was skeptical about how many people would actually listen to the show and call in for advice.
The show slowly became a success as Dr. Drew talked about sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
"At the time, AIDS wasn't such a crisis," Dr. Drew said, and he was one of the first people to openly discuss it on air.
As AIDS became more of a known epidemic, other people began following in his path and speaking about STDs on radio and television programs.
Dr. Drew did the show for 10 years for free.
Dr. Drew has been hosting a radio show called "Loveline" for more than 20 years. He said men typically call in to find out how they can better pleasure their partner, and women typically ask relationship questions.
"Men are calling about the men, and women are calling about the men. Interesting," Dr. Drew said.
Dr. Drew listed three main relationship mistakes that both women and men are guilty of: the hook-up, joined-at-the-hip and friends with benefits. In all three of these situations, he said there are problems.
Once the floor was opened up for discussion, audience members began to tell their own stories and share their opinions about these and other topics.
The hook-up is probably the most common college relationship, Dr. Drew said, and many audience members joined in this part of the discussion.
The intention of hooking up is different between men and women, Dr. Drew said.
"Guys make it a motivational priority," Dr. Drew said.
Women typically end up in the hook-up situation for different reasons.
With the hook-up, there is a double standard perpetuated by women, Dr. Drew said. Women tend to be ashamed of hooking up, whereas guys look at it as a goal that has been accomplished.
In a discussion on friends with benefits, Dr. Drew answered audience members' questions on what the best way to handle this type of relationship is.
"'Friends with benefits' looks good on paper, but it never works out," Dr. Drew said. "Someone always gets hurt."
"I really enjoyed the discussion, and he answered a few of my questions for me," junior Fadi Tayim said. "I'm glad I came tonight."
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