The Sex in My Business: Sex is the central focus of my work, both for the museum and in my research! A Typical Day: I get up around 6 a. In addition, because our corporate business office is located in Michigan, I sometimes have to start going through emails as early as 5 a.
Regardless, I usually get into the museum around nine and start my daily activities, which could range from paperwork to archiving to contract negotiations and oversight of the different departments. Sometimes it's overseeing a study or two we conduct at the museum. It's never a boring day. The Best Part: My job mixes several different things that I love: art, business, preservation, entertainment, and academia.
My work at the museum exposes me to many aspects of sexuality β historical, modern, biological, neurological, anthropologicalβ¦ the list goes on and on. Plus, we get to educate the public in a really fun way. I also think that one of the best parts of this line of work is the other sexuality scholars I meet. They know the stigma attached to working in this field, and in them I find the closest of cohorts.
They are as dedicated to this career as I am. The Worst Part: Perhaps because of how people on the outside perceive Las Vegas, many guests come into the museum expecting something touristy without a lot of depth, or they come in expecting to see live sex shows.
Because we study and preserve sexual items and history, people often think our work is on the level of a lewd, kitschy joke. These kinds of things are hurtful to hear of course, but those of us who work here are all passionate and dedicated, so we just smile, and politely explain what we do. In college, one of my first classes was psychology, and it was there that I stumbled upon unusual sexual behavior.
