Richard Di Eugenio, a university lobbyist, said although adults could not do anything they wanted to do, they could do what they wanted if it fell within confines of the law.
Erica Smith (senior-women's studies), who was working at one of the tables Lawless found offensive, said she felt intensely uncomfortable and pressured when she was surrounded by the cameraman and reporters.
"I think he's making a major media spectacle and trying to gain publicity from a tiny event that a few girls put together with $50," Smith said.
Lawless said he would come to Sex Faire last week after he criticized the event's Tent of Consent, which would have provided students with two minutes of consensual activity behind a curtain after learning the criteria for legally consensual sex.
The state representative sits on the state Appropriations Committee, which approves state funding for the university. This is the second time Lawless has complained about a Womyn's Concerns event. In December, he sent a letter to Gov. Tom Ridge complaining about the group's fall art festival named Cuntfest.
After Lawless' criticism, Penn State administrators told Womyn's Concerns Friday to either drop the tent from the faire or cancel the event all together. The tent was set up, but students weren't allowed inside.
A group of student demonstrators, however, set up an alternative tent outside the building to protest censorship.
One member of Womyn's Concerns, Tarah Ausburn (senior-psychology), spent the night wearing a red plaid bikini and black, knee-high combat boots with phrases like "Education for Reputation" and "Penn State Sacrifices" written in blue letters on her body. She said she was protesting the censorship of the event.
"I believe rape is often a result of misinformation and miscommunication," Ausburn said, adding the recent rapes and sexual assaults on campus need to be addressed.
Jeff Budney, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, said he attended the event in support of Lawless. "It certainly turned into one of the most interesting political discussions I've seen in my five years at Penn State," he said.
Another member of Young Americans for Freedom, Brad Park, said, "The liberals on this campus have been screaming about democracy; Lawless is standing up for taxpayers in this state and is representing his constituents."
Lynn Thompson, co-director of Womyn's Concerns, said everyone was welcomed at the faire, including Lawless. She said her only regret was that he had made up his mind about the event before he knew what it was about.
"If people knew what the Sex Faire was, they probably wouldn't have had a problem with it," she said.
At one point in the evening, Lawless said that he felt about 25 percent of the material presented at the Sex Faire was informative. However, the rest, he said, was either inappropriate or pornographic.
The intent was to create an open forum where students could have a fun time, talk about sex and learn new things, Thompson said.
"I think mainstream Western society has a tendency to focus on heterosexual male pleasure when talking about sex. Anything that can be done to incorporate everyone else who is having sex that is consensual and safe is a good thing," Thompson said.
Smith said the event aimed to take an optimistic approach toward sexuality.
"I believe that when women try to talk about sexuality in a healthy, positive manner, they try to silence us," Smith said. "Where is the statewide outcry when we're raped and sexually assaulted?"
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