Here's something that's worth risking your career for..

[David Ayers]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12642898

[Kevin Bresnahan]

This topic is worthless without video.

[Rooster_Ties]

Here's a different perspective on this story...

NSFW language: Sex Toy Demonstration Scandal at Northwestern University - perspective from a participant in demonstration, (the Reddit discussion where I saw it).

In short, during the regular course, the class was shown a standard human sexuality film (that has been shown for a couple decades, at least) that was far more explicit than what this scandalous "optional lecture" had.

In short, it sounds like students of life-drawing classes (with nude models) routinely get a lot more of an eyeful than they did in this incident that everyone is all bent out of shape about.

Edited March 5, 2011 by Rooster_Ties

[David Ayers]

When in a hole keep digging. The point is that when the media come calling they don't call up some spotty lecturer, they call the President. Obviously if the President owes you a massive favor - like you rescued his grand-daughter from pirates - then you're gonna be fine.

[Rooster_Ties]

I dated a gal in college who was a Psychology major, who took the 300 level Human Sexuality class one of the years we were dating (don't ask about the homework assignments, I'll never tell. )

I remember the class prof inviting anyone in the class to an ongoing round-table discussion-group about various sex topics (I even went to a couple), and although I'm sure nothing quite like this ever happened -- I'm sure there were some things discussed and/or even viewed that would freak out some parents with concerns about such prurient interests. (The prof was female, so perhaps she would get a pass, and not have her motives second guessed like a male prof would. Didn't hurt that she was genuinely one of the best and most popular professors on campus either.)

With the widespread availability of Internet porn freely available (of nearly every type and variety known to man), how is this incident even relevant in this day and age? Seriously. I'm sure nearly every student at that optional lecture had seen a lot more on-line at some point.

In fact, I'm betting a quarter to even half of them could have found explicit footage of something similar in 10 minutes (and let's just admit that half of us here probably could too). Are parents really that oblivious to what's on-line these days? I'm sure the class doesn't even hold a candle to what young adults and even some kids see all the time (unless they lead extremely sheltered lives).

Not making a judgment about whether any of this is good or bad for society, cuz that's a whole 'nother can of worms. But the days when Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler were all that was 'mainstream' are long since passed 10 years ago.

Edited March 5, 2011 by Rooster_Ties

[JSngry]

This topic is worthless without video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7204552809505662901#

[Rooster_Ties]

Well worth a read, from Salon.com: The "live sex show" professor speaks