Thrill is gone: Northwestern drops controversial sex class
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[release]Northwestern University will no longer offer a popular course on human sexuality that made national news after the professor who taught the course allowed a live demonstration with a motorized sex toy.
The class, taught by Professor Michael Bailey, has been dropped from the psychology department’s curriculum next school year, chairman Dan McAdams told the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday.
“I did not make the decision,” Mc*Adams said. “It was made by the central administration, either the president or the provost.”
McAdams said the administration doesn’t typically choose which classes are offered, but the human sexuality class was a “pretty extraordinary case.”
After asking about the class’s future, he received an e-mail from the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences informing him not to offer it next semester.
Northwestern spokesman Alan Cubbage issued a written statement on the class but declined to answer questions.
“Courses in human sexuality are offered in a variety of academic departments in other universities, and Northwestern is reviewing how such a course best fits into the university’s curriculum,” Cubbage said in a statement. “At Northwestern University, the dean of a college/school has the right and responsibility to determine course assignments.”
After the live sex demonstration made national headlines, NU President Morton Schapiro at first supported the professor, only to later admonish him for exhibiting “extremely poor judgment.”
Bailey, who did not return requests for comment Monday, will continue to teach classes in statistics and psychopathology and other classes to be decided later, McAdams said.[/release]
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Well shit, -5 respect.
I'm surprised they backed down like that, I was expecting a little more fight from a University.
There would be significantly less complaints if the teacher using a 'motorized sex toy' was female.
[editline]9th May 2011[/editline]
And hot.
And so people bitch about nothing and get nothing.
Education is a matter of transparency.
Can anyone explain exactly why they had a chick live on stage pleasuring herself with a vibrating dildo? I mean, I wouldn't be complaining if I was there, but what was their justification for it?
"How to pleasure a female"
[QUOTE=ProWaffle;29736020]Can anyone explain exactly why they had a chick live on stage pleasuring herself with a vibrating dildo? I mean, I wouldn't be complaining if I was there, but what was their justification for it?[/QUOTE]
How about why not?
[QUOTE=ProWaffle;29736020]Can anyone explain exactly why they had a chick live on stage pleasuring herself with a vibrating dildo? I mean, I wouldn't be complaining if I was there, but what was their justification for it?[/QUOTE]
It's a human sexuality course.
Seems relevant to me.
So where's the video of this 'live demonstration' :q:
[QUOTE=Billiam;29742364]It's a human sexuality course.
Seems relevant to me.[/QUOTE]
I guess if you were a space alien you might need to see that demonstration, but I don't see how relevancy matters considering how unnecessary it was.
Okay at first I thought it was a High School and I thought "alright", but a university? What the fuck?
[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;29742614]I guess if you were a space alien you might need to see that demonstration, but I don't see how relevancy matters considering how unnecessary it was.[/QUOTE]
That's not really relevant because I'm sure everyone who attended the course was an adult.
[QUOTE=Fox Arts;29734341]There would be significantly less complaints if the teacher using a 'motorized sex toy' was female.
[editline]9th May 2011[/editline]
And hot.[/QUOTE]
The teacher wasn't the one to use the toy.
The demonstrator who used it [i]was[/i] female.
Did anyone find the video of this class yet?
Just uh... wondering.
This is why America can't have nice things. Which religious fanatic soccer mom veto'd it this time?
Why can't we have nice things...? why? :smith:
It was someone hired to do it.
It was after school and not actually in class.
It was optional.
And yes, obviously it was a college and everyone who attended was an adult.
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