Kinky Sex Ed?

Northwestern University just got a whole lot more interesting.

It appears that the university is about to launch an investigation into an incident involving a live sex toy demonstration in a classroom during a lecture on kinky sex. The professor involved is defending his actions, stating that the live demonstration was relevant to the topic at hand, and as a professor of human sexuality, he's probably right on that front. But the controversy has been centered on the fact that many people consider this 'inappropriate.'

Typical American Puritanism is still alive and well.

One has to ask: if the Americans are so offended by sex, why offer human sexuality as a class at all? Education is supposed to be about open-mindedness and broadening your knowledge, but if people aren't comfortable with learning more about human kind's most natural act, then why bother? Maybe it shouldn't be offered as a course if it's going to be censored and close-minded. Maybe American sex ed should just stop at animated films you see when you're 12 years old in public school where everyone yells 'ew!' at the exact same time and after school specials where teenage girls are punished for having sex by getting pregnant and ruining their lives.

If human sexuality is offered at the university level, it should be free to be taught in whatever manner the professor deems appropriate. He did repeatedly tell his students that they could leave if they weren't comfortable. Strangely enough, upon hearing that they were about to see a man and a woman do a live demonstration with a sex toy on the main stage, not only did the 100 people in attendance not move, several of them said that their view was obstructed. That hardly sounds uncomfortable to me.

It appears that adults in a educational institution can handle this kind of thing. And while it may seem shocking to some Americans, sex actually does happen on university campuses, in dorm rooms even, between people who are not married. Gasp.

Now, I can see why the university may want to intervene and curb this kind of thing. They don't want their respectable institution for intellectual thought to be labelled as a red light district and I get that. And let's face it, every red-flushed 19 year old boy is going to want to sign up for that class if they know there's going to be some action in it. It may have the merit of being the only class for which they have perfect attendance and where they learn something.

Perhaps the students should be given maturity tests before they sign up for this class and sign waivers acknowledging that they consent to explicit matter. The maturity test should include their ability to say various forms of penis without laughing. Here, you try it. Penis. Dong. Flagpole. Schlong. Pecker.

Alright, wipe that grin off your face.

It seems that America is not ready to face sexuality. Sex is still a dirty word and a vile but necessary act for many people. Maybe it's time to scrap the human sexuality course from universities until people relax. Sex is not offensive or dirty (well, except for some acts, which are what we like to commonly refer to as 'sexy sex' and yes, that's a technical term according to me).

But some people just aren't ready for that. So I think they should just go back to the old-fashioned, tried and true method of denial. After all, it seems to work for them.