Another interesting class I didn’t get to take in college:  one where a man toys a naked woman with a dildo.

I’m having a hard time understanding the outrage of some people (unless, of course, these are the people who are professionally outraged). Northwestern University is a private university, so public funds weren’t involved. The course is a course in human sexuality, so everyone knew what they were getting, and the demonstration was relevant. The demonstration was after class, and therefore attendance was voluntary — even registered students didn’t have to view the demonstration. As the professor notes, “Observers were Northwestern students legally capable of voting, enlisting in the military, and consuming pornography, as well as making many other serious decisions that legal adults are allowed to make.” But somehow, I guess, adults must be protected from their own decision-making, because the president of the university is launching an investigation into the demonstration.
I am hopeful that those stalwarts of liberty and freedom, the Tea Party, will join me in protesting — not the class or the demonstration, but the university’s desire to police our choices.

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