In a scene amusingly reminiscent of the Sex Ed scene from Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life', there was a bit of rompy-pompy between two consenting adults, in front of a room full of other adults, after a lecture discussing human sexuality at Northwestern University the other day. Quite naturally the prudes and puritans have crawled out from under their rocks and have been scrambling over each other in their rush to condemn this prurient display of randy naughtiness. Trouble is, no-one else is really getting that worked up about it.
To be honest I haven't heard the reaction from the flying monkeys on the right, and I am sure that Fox New's self-appointed arbiter of sexual morality (except his own) Bill O'Reilly will chime in, and because it happened in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, naturally this will be blamed on "The Liberals and/or Obama". Most likely both, but for the most part all it has done is raise a few eyebrows, and not much else.
I must admit I find that rather refreshing. What is also good to see is that the Administrators of the University have stood 100% behind the class, the professors and the students. This instead of the usual forelock tugging, bowing and scrapping that usually occurs when faced with a potentially embarrassing situation and the impending wrath of the falsely righteous prudes not far in the offing.
I congratulate them on their educational stance and have already submitted my request to attend the University this autumn. For just one class...
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