A presentation on campus featured a doctor who addressed the sex life of heterosexuals, with an emphasis on women.

“What Women Want,” which was held in Lecture Hall 9 on Friday, was organized by Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity, the pre-medical fraternity that is part of the Professional Fraternity Council (PFC) at Binghamton University. The group brought Dr. Evan Goldfischer to campus for its annual Gelfand Lecture.

The Gelfand Lecture was started to promote high scientific standards in medical fields, discussion of current issues related to medicine and the art and humanity of medicine.

Goldfischer, a urologist from Poughkeepsie, discussed a book published last year that focuses on a couple who decided to have sex every single night for three months. The book chronicles how they came closer together because they stayed emotionally connected on the same wavelength for at least that tested time.

The sex cycle of women is usually much slower than that of men, according to Goldfischer. He mentioned research that proves that males think about sex constantly, especially when they are between the ages of 18 and 21 years old.

“A woman does not always want to have sex for sexual reasons,” Goldfischer said. “They are not as nearly focused on their genitals as men. They do not have to have an orgasm every time to enjoy the moment.”

According to Goldfischer, many women do not often communicate their sexual needs explicitly to their male counterparts.

“Men and women need to communicate a lot more,” Goldfischer said. “Specifically what they need, what they want, how they want it in very, very, very explicit and on certain terms. And sometimes you have to show a guy exactly where you want it, because sometimes, they do not seem to know the anatomy very well.”

On Saturday, a small forum was conducted among a group of five female undergraduate students at BU. This forum overall received a negative answer to the question “Do men really know what their women want?” Four of the female students had been in a long-term relationship and one has never been in one.

The subjects stated that they felt the need for sex when they were ovulating more than any other time of the month.

“It was really amazing to me how little research has been done in terms of female sexual dysfunction,” said Goldfischer, who has been a practicing urologist for 12 years.

According to Goldfischer, female sexual problems have been receiving a lot of attention lately from medical professionals and researchers.

“The field is just getting started. In the next five or 10 years, we are going to see it explode,” he said.

Matt Levitus, the vice president of programming for Phi Delta Epsilon, highlighted the motivation for this event at the end of the lecture.

The event was held, he said, “to get the University more involved in medicine and get people to see the interesting topics there are.”

Christian Czmielewski, a senior double majoring in integrative neuroscience and economics and a member of Phi Delta Epsilon, said he learned a lot at this lecture. Specifically, he said he learned there is a major connection between heart problems and erectile dysfunction — a fact he found interesting and very beneficial since he is planning to go to medical school to study cardiology.

The event was crowned with a certificate of appreciation and a $100 honorarium given to Goldfischer for his time. Dr. Goldfischer is a graduate member of Phi Delta Epsilon and holds a position on the International Board.