{"id":12828,"date":"2011-03-07T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=12828"},"modified":"2011-03-05T17:48:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T01:48:05","slug":"northwestern-university-class-has-live-sex-demo-for-those-who-stayed-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=12828","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern University Class Has Live Sex Demo For Those Who Stayed After"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northwestern University Class Has Live Sex Demo For Those Who Stayed After<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bailey said that while he regretted allowing the Feb. 21 sex toy demonstration he also does not believe those who were offended made a good case for why the act should not have been allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who believe that there was, in fact, a serious problem have had considerable opportunity to explain why: in the numerous media stories on the controversy, or in their various correspondences with me,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cBut they have failed to do so. Saying that the demonstration \u2018crossed the line,\u2019 went too far,\u2019 \u2018was inappropriate,\u2019 or \u2018was troubling\u2019 convey disapproval but do not illuminate reasoning.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds that if he was grading the arguments against allowing a man to use a custom high-powered sex toy to bring his naked girlfriend to orgasm before 100 students, \u201cmost would earn an \u2018F.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOffense and anger are not arguments,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut I remain open to hearing and reading good arguments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m with Bailey on this one; all the students were adults, it wasn’t a requirement, and everyone who watched consented to watch. (As far as I can tell, none of the objections have come from Bailey’s students.) So where’s the problem? <\/p>\n

The blogger I linked to disagrees. Responding to “offense and anger are not arguments,” he writes:<\/p>\n

Yeah, that line is a good one. He needs a good argument to understand why having a live sex act, after class, at a major university, is wrong. Sometimes you should just know better. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No point in arguing with that, is there?<\/p>\n

What’s the coherent and logical argument against what Bailey did? I mean, I can see the argument that it was a bad decision from a practical <\/em>perspective, due to the reaction it got, but that’s not an argument based on principle.<\/p>\n

For more context, read this post at blogher<\/a>, by Avflox of Sex and the 405<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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