I wish I had a professor like this.

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#1

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 02, 2011 16:14:57
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41873819/ns/us_news...
#2

iqwinn

Mar 02, 2011 19:27:35
As long as there was ample notice as to what was going to happen, and it was not mandatory, then (as Carl on ATHF would say),, "No harm, no foul."
#3

RPJesus

Mar 02, 2011 19:31:01
 Students were warned of the nature of the class several times, and some walked out before the demonstration.

"Then, just out of nowhere, the girl just takes her pants off, takes her shirt off, takes her underwear off," Shah said.



Uh...

Also yeah, we need **** like this if only to get over our crippling fear of sex. 
#4

iqwinn

Mar 02, 2011 19:33:15
lolz...you can find **** like this on the internet.  Just google it.
#5

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 02, 2011 20:43:58
I wish we had professors like this at my school. I would have participated in more out of class activities. 
#6

pluisjen

Mar 03, 2011 2:41:32
lolz...you can find **** like this on the internet.  Just google it.



Not the same thing... on the internet it's considered a shameful thing that you don't talk about. Doing it live gives people the feeling that it's normal, not frowned upon, which is a good thing. Especially in the USA where sex is such a taboo Tongue out 

They should give more classes like that. I'm glad they give sexual education to kids here at age 12/13 or so in school, they need that kind of thing. Classes like this, given to adults, should be a good thing (as long as they're optional indeed)
#7

zombie_babies

Mar 03, 2011 11:55:13
I don't know what the big deal is.  Anybody that's ever been to a proper bachelor party has seen this before.  And likely with more than one gal, too.  I mean, if I was in that class and I heard that this sort of thing was gonna go down, I'd be all like 'Meh, I've seen it before ... and I'll be seeing it this time, too.'  ;)
#8

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:12:22
*shrug* It's a human sexuality class - what do you expect?  How can one truly study human sexuality without acutally witnessing it?

I mean, most of the students are probably just taking the class because it's "oooh, sex! *giggle*", but you're not going to get past that if you keep it forbidden.

Meh, whateves.

I don't even see a problem if it was manditory - it's a human sexuality class, for goodness sake!  If it makes you uncomfortable or offended, you probably shouldn't have taken the class, right?  Jeeze Louise!

As it was optional, and explained what was going to happen, I don't see how it's "too far".

If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.

Meh.
#9

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:23:45
Oh no, you misunderstand.  I know why it's a big deal, I just don't think it should be a big deal.

It still doesn't matter.  One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*
#10

zombie_babies

Mar 03, 2011 12:44:07
I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.
#11

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:44:09
Oh no, you misunderstand.  I know why it's a big deal, I just don't think it should be a big deal.

It still doesn't matter.  One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*



Absolutely. But some people are just afraid by sex or so inhibited that they they must denounce it every time they heard about it.

This was the perfect opportunity for some conversative to say: Look, Universities pervert our youth with live sex and dare call it education.

... I'm not going to get into that.  Some people have a problem with it, but it seems well within the scope of a human sexuality class.

It is the live model performing that is special.

In the sex class I had we only had videos.

Sort of off topic but not by much... Back in high school I took wood shop sophomore year, my instructor had been there sense before my uncles had gone thru the school 15 years before. He was old, and we basically had the run of the room as long as we didn't interrupt his drinking.

So one day Bergman decided to bring in a VCR and show us a wood working film, he turned it on and fled into the office to drink. One of the guys pulls out a porno and changes out the tapes. 45 min later Bergman comes out of the office sees what is on the TV and says "I haven't seen this one yet". He sits down and watches the last 5 ~ 10 min of class then when the bell rings states he is going to confiscate it to give to the principal.

This was the last we heard about the tape, no one came by to ask where it came from, or who put it in.


I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



A High School-aged boy.  Duh.
#12

zombie_babies

Mar 04, 2011 8:57:40
Fair 'nuff.  No excuses in the present, though.  Pron should only ever be a few finger swipes away! 
#13

zombie_babies

Mar 04, 2011 11:40:24
No.  I am not a fan of prawns.  Eating bugs is gross.
#14

RPJesus

Mar 04, 2011 18:37:36
Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.



Case in point was '92... No dumb phones, let alone smart phones.


Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?
#15

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 04, 2011 20:51:45
Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.



Case in point was '92... No dumb phones, let alone smart phones.


Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?

The possesion of porn in public situations is always warrented. Go sit in the corner!!!

#16

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 04, 2011 23:33:04


www.orlandosentinel.com/videobeta/?watch...
#17

RPJesus

Mar 05, 2011 13:47:53
Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?



If you really must know; he had bought it off someone else in the class... Just happened to coinside with the video demonstration.
  


Didn't have Google image search, eh?
#18

pigknight

Mar 05, 2011 13:56:36

I remember kids giggling during the sex portion of psychology.

Everyone was SHOCKED that I was totally mature about it.

#19

idhriniel

Mar 05, 2011 14:17:06
@Pk: I'd be surprised. You should've heard our class when we watched Miracle of Life...
#20

Mad_Jack

Mar 05, 2011 14:32:46
One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*



 Hell, I've witnessed such things at a Rocky Horror convention... There were almost two dozen people hanging out in a small hotel room, sitting in chairs, on the floor and on one of the beds talking about such varied topics as music, philosophy and engine repair while two people were having sex in the other bed. Not one person said anything about it except for a brief discussion of the guy's technique that quickly wandered off into a tangent about computers...




#21

ADHadh

Mar 05, 2011 18:06:05
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:
#22

pigknight

Mar 05, 2011 18:46:58
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



THIS IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HYME--I MEAN HEAVENS! YES! HEAVENS!
#23

bone_naga

Mar 05, 2011 19:41:09
If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.


My wife took a human sexuality class in college. Not as...interesting...as this one unfortunately. Nonetheless, on day one she said a number of students walked out of the class as soon as the curriculum/syllabus was broken down to them, most of them complaining about how it was against their religion. Well wtf did you choose that class for then? What did you expect it would cover?
#24

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Mar 05, 2011 19:57:31
It is the live model performing that is special.

In the sex class I had we only had videos.

Sort of off topic but not by much... Back in high school I took wood shop sophomore year, my instructor had been there sense before my uncles had gone thru the school 15 years before. He was old, and we basically had the run of the room as long as we didn't interrupt his drinking.

So one day Bergman decided to bring in a VCR and show us a wood working film, he turned it on and fled into the office to drink. One of the guys pulls out a porno and changes out the tapes. 45 min later Bergman comes out of the office sees what is on the TV and says "I haven't seen this one yet". He sits down and watches the last 5 ~ 10 min of class then when the bell rings states he is going to confiscate it to give to the principal.

This was the last we heard about the tape, no one came by to ask where it came from, or who put it in.


I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



A High School-aged boy.  Duh.

Not me. VHS is outdated.
#25

KillerGM

Mar 05, 2011 20:32:50
If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.

My wife took a human sexuality class in college. Not as...interesting...as this one unfortunately. Nonetheless, on day one she said a number of students walked out of the class as soon as the curriculum/syllabus was broken down to them, most of them complaining about how it was against their religion. Well wtf did you choose that class for then? What did you expect it would cover?

I know, right? ;)  I had the same kind of experience with my Religious Studies classes.
Not me. VHS is outdated.

Not at the time, it wasn't.

#26

Mad_Jack

Mar 05, 2011 22:27:41
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



It's not a drill it is a reciprocating saw. I use them on jobs all the time. The saw blade was replaced by whatever was on the end of it.



 There's an entire sub-genre of porn dedicated to using modified powertools as sex toys... A google search should turn up detailed instructions for mounting the appropriate "tool" on the tool...



#27

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Mar 05, 2011 22:40:24
Not me. VHS is outdated.

Not at the time, it wasn't.


(I know. I was specifically responding to the "A High School-aged boy.  Duh. " part, seeing as I currently am one.)
#28

ADHadh

Mar 06, 2011 4:52:33
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



It's not a drill it is a reciprocating saw. (...)


Is that supposed to make it better? Still D:
#29

EscherEnigma

Mar 06, 2011 16:20:12
*shrug* It's a human sexuality class - what do you expect?  How can one truly study human sexuality without acutally witnessing it?


By looking more at biochemical responses, processes, statistics, and so-on.  Okay, so my Psychobiology of sex and gender was more focused on the hard science and less on the human-angle.  Which is why after every class I went home and read some of Dan Savage's columns.

Anyway.

It was announced, it was warned of, and some people don't know how to listen (or read, probably).  /shrug

The thing that really gets me is this school has a class size for a (I'm guessing) non-mandatory class that's about the third of my school's entire student body (about 2000).  Really hammers home that NMT is a "small" school.
#30

Jharii

Mar 07, 2011 11:02:45

Oddly enough, I know Jim Marcus.  He used to be the lead singer of Die Warzau, a very hot industrial band from the late 80's to early 90's.

#31

Jharii

Mar 08, 2011 10:05:41
I'm sorry man I'm not understanding the reference. I must have missed the boat.

Jim Marcus is the fiance of the woman that was giving the demonstration.  He "applied" the device for the demonstration.

#32

capitan_estaban

Mar 08, 2011 22:52:35
With how open everyone seems to be with the question at hand, I wonder if everyone's feelings would be different if the class was a Chicano or African-American studies class and there was an optional after class activity to attend a Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights,  or other clan rally? (dressing up and protest signs optional)
#33

ORC_Sinister

Mar 08, 2011 23:06:43

Due to complaints received about this thread, I've closed it. The thread will be reviewed to determine if it should be permanently closed, re-opened, and/or a new thread or threads created in its place.

#42

iqwinn

Mar 02, 2011 19:27:35
As long as there was ample notice as to what was going to happen, and it was not mandatory, then (as Carl on ATHF would say),, "No harm, no foul."
#43

RPJesus

Mar 02, 2011 19:31:01
 Students were warned of the nature of the class several times, and some walked out before the demonstration.

"Then, just out of nowhere, the girl just takes her pants off, takes her shirt off, takes her underwear off," Shah said.



Uh...

Also yeah, we need **** like this if only to get over our crippling fear of sex. 
#44

iqwinn

Mar 02, 2011 19:33:15
lolz...you can find **** like this on the internet.  Just google it.
#45

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 02, 2011 20:43:58
I wish we had professors like this at my school. I would have participated in more out of class activities. 
#46

pluisjen

Mar 03, 2011 2:41:32
lolz...you can find **** like this on the internet.  Just google it.



Not the same thing... on the internet it's considered a shameful thing that you don't talk about. Doing it live gives people the feeling that it's normal, not frowned upon, which is a good thing. Especially in the USA where sex is such a taboo Tongue out 

They should give more classes like that. I'm glad they give sexual education to kids here at age 12/13 or so in school, they need that kind of thing. Classes like this, given to adults, should be a good thing (as long as they're optional indeed)
#47

zombie_babies

Mar 03, 2011 11:55:13
I don't know what the big deal is.  Anybody that's ever been to a proper bachelor party has seen this before.  And likely with more than one gal, too.  I mean, if I was in that class and I heard that this sort of thing was gonna go down, I'd be all like 'Meh, I've seen it before ... and I'll be seeing it this time, too.'  ;)
#48

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:12:22
*shrug* It's a human sexuality class - what do you expect?  How can one truly study human sexuality without acutally witnessing it?

I mean, most of the students are probably just taking the class because it's "oooh, sex! *giggle*", but you're not going to get past that if you keep it forbidden.

Meh, whateves.

I don't even see a problem if it was manditory - it's a human sexuality class, for goodness sake!  If it makes you uncomfortable or offended, you probably shouldn't have taken the class, right?  Jeeze Louise!

As it was optional, and explained what was going to happen, I don't see how it's "too far".

If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.

Meh.
#49

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:23:45
Oh no, you misunderstand.  I know why it's a big deal, I just don't think it should be a big deal.

It still doesn't matter.  One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*
#50

zombie_babies

Mar 03, 2011 12:44:07
I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.
#51

KillerGM

Mar 03, 2011 12:44:09
Oh no, you misunderstand.  I know why it's a big deal, I just don't think it should be a big deal.

It still doesn't matter.  One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*



Absolutely. But some people are just afraid by sex or so inhibited that they they must denounce it every time they heard about it.

This was the perfect opportunity for some conversative to say: Look, Universities pervert our youth with live sex and dare call it education.

... I'm not going to get into that.  Some people have a problem with it, but it seems well within the scope of a human sexuality class.

It is the live model performing that is special.

In the sex class I had we only had videos.

Sort of off topic but not by much... Back in high school I took wood shop sophomore year, my instructor had been there sense before my uncles had gone thru the school 15 years before. He was old, and we basically had the run of the room as long as we didn't interrupt his drinking.

So one day Bergman decided to bring in a VCR and show us a wood working film, he turned it on and fled into the office to drink. One of the guys pulls out a porno and changes out the tapes. 45 min later Bergman comes out of the office sees what is on the TV and says "I haven't seen this one yet". He sits down and watches the last 5 ~ 10 min of class then when the bell rings states he is going to confiscate it to give to the principal.

This was the last we heard about the tape, no one came by to ask where it came from, or who put it in.


I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



A High School-aged boy.  Duh.
#52

zombie_babies

Mar 04, 2011 8:57:40
Fair 'nuff.  No excuses in the present, though.  Pron should only ever be a few finger swipes away! 
#53

zombie_babies

Mar 04, 2011 11:40:24
No.  I am not a fan of prawns.  Eating bugs is gross.
#54

RPJesus

Mar 04, 2011 18:37:36
Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.



Case in point was '92... No dumb phones, let alone smart phones.


Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?
#55

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 04, 2011 20:51:45
Yeah, with the advent of smart phones porn is always pocket close.



Case in point was '92... No dumb phones, let alone smart phones.


Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?

The possesion of porn in public situations is always warrented. Go sit in the corner!!!

#56

homicidal_squirrel

Mar 04, 2011 23:33:04


www.orlandosentinel.com/videobeta/?watch...
#57

RPJesus

Mar 05, 2011 13:47:53
Still, who carries a tape? I mean I'm not knocking porn, but what are the odds your going to be in a public situation where the possession of porn is warranted?



If you really must know; he had bought it off someone else in the class... Just happened to coinside with the video demonstration.
  


Didn't have Google image search, eh?
#58

pigknight

Mar 05, 2011 13:56:36

I remember kids giggling during the sex portion of psychology.

Everyone was SHOCKED that I was totally mature about it.

#59

idhriniel

Mar 05, 2011 14:17:06
@Pk: I'd be surprised. You should've heard our class when we watched Miracle of Life...
#60

Mad_Jack

Mar 05, 2011 14:32:46
One should be prepared to witness such things in such a class.  *shrug*



 Hell, I've witnessed such things at a Rocky Horror convention... There were almost two dozen people hanging out in a small hotel room, sitting in chairs, on the floor and on one of the beds talking about such varied topics as music, philosophy and engine repair while two people were having sex in the other bed. Not one person said anything about it except for a brief discussion of the guy's technique that quickly wandered off into a tangent about computers...




#61

ADHadh

Mar 05, 2011 18:06:05
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:
#62

pigknight

Mar 05, 2011 18:46:58
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



THIS IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HYME--I MEAN HEAVENS! YES! HEAVENS!
#63

bone_naga

Mar 05, 2011 19:41:09
If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.


My wife took a human sexuality class in college. Not as...interesting...as this one unfortunately. Nonetheless, on day one she said a number of students walked out of the class as soon as the curriculum/syllabus was broken down to them, most of them complaining about how it was against their religion. Well wtf did you choose that class for then? What did you expect it would cover?
#64

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Mar 05, 2011 19:57:31
It is the live model performing that is special.

In the sex class I had we only had videos.

Sort of off topic but not by much... Back in high school I took wood shop sophomore year, my instructor had been there sense before my uncles had gone thru the school 15 years before. He was old, and we basically had the run of the room as long as we didn't interrupt his drinking.

So one day Bergman decided to bring in a VCR and show us a wood working film, he turned it on and fled into the office to drink. One of the guys pulls out a porno and changes out the tapes. 45 min later Bergman comes out of the office sees what is on the TV and says "I haven't seen this one yet". He sits down and watches the last 5 ~ 10 min of class then when the bell rings states he is going to confiscate it to give to the principal.

This was the last we heard about the tape, no one came by to ask where it came from, or who put it in.


I just wonder who travels around with a porn tap in their bag.



A High School-aged boy.  Duh.

Not me. VHS is outdated.
#65

KillerGM

Mar 05, 2011 20:32:50
If you're going to study something, then be prepared to study it - and, yes, that means watching people have sex, if you're studing human sexuality.

My wife took a human sexuality class in college. Not as...interesting...as this one unfortunately. Nonetheless, on day one she said a number of students walked out of the class as soon as the curriculum/syllabus was broken down to them, most of them complaining about how it was against their religion. Well wtf did you choose that class for then? What did you expect it would cover?

I know, right? ;)  I had the same kind of experience with my Religious Studies classes.
Not me. VHS is outdated.

Not at the time, it wasn't.

#66

Mad_Jack

Mar 05, 2011 22:27:41
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



It's not a drill it is a reciprocating saw. I use them on jobs all the time. The saw blade was replaced by whatever was on the end of it.



 There's an entire sub-genre of porn dedicated to using modified powertools as sex toys... A google search should turn up detailed instructions for mounting the appropriate "tool" on the tool...



#67

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Mar 05, 2011 22:40:24
Not me. VHS is outdated.

Not at the time, it wasn't.


(I know. I was specifically responding to the "A High School-aged boy.  Duh. " part, seeing as I currently am one.)
#68

ADHadh

Mar 06, 2011 4:52:33
Looked at the second video.
That "sex toy" scared me. That's a toy?! It looks like a freaking motor drill! D:



It's not a drill it is a reciprocating saw. (...)


Is that supposed to make it better? Still D:
#69

EscherEnigma

Mar 06, 2011 16:20:12
*shrug* It's a human sexuality class - what do you expect?  How can one truly study human sexuality without acutally witnessing it?


By looking more at biochemical responses, processes, statistics, and so-on.  Okay, so my Psychobiology of sex and gender was more focused on the hard science and less on the human-angle.  Which is why after every class I went home and read some of Dan Savage's columns.

Anyway.

It was announced, it was warned of, and some people don't know how to listen (or read, probably).  /shrug

The thing that really gets me is this school has a class size for a (I'm guessing) non-mandatory class that's about the third of my school's entire student body (about 2000).  Really hammers home that NMT is a "small" school.
#70

Jharii

Mar 07, 2011 11:02:45

Oddly enough, I know Jim Marcus.  He used to be the lead singer of Die Warzau, a very hot industrial band from the late 80's to early 90's.

#71

Jharii

Mar 08, 2011 10:05:41
I'm sorry man I'm not understanding the reference. I must have missed the boat.

Jim Marcus is the fiance of the woman that was giving the demonstration.  He "applied" the device for the demonstration.

#72

capitan_estaban

Mar 08, 2011 22:52:35
With how open everyone seems to be with the question at hand, I wonder if everyone's feelings would be different if the class was a Chicano or African-American studies class and there was an optional after class activity to attend a Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights,  or other clan rally? (dressing up and protest signs optional)
#73

ORC_Sinister

Mar 08, 2011 23:06:43

Due to complaints received about this thread, I've closed it. The thread will be reviewed to determine if it should be permanently closed, re-opened, and/or a new thread or threads created in its place.