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Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24
Anywho, she required that we attend a drag queen contest downtown as part of the "alternative lifestyle" section of the class. I didnt feel comfortable with that or felt like I had to attend such a show in order to try to understand that lifestyle/lifestyle choice so I dropped the class and chose another one.
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I took a journalism course focusing on minorities in the media, and all of the required events to attend were community meetings, protests or demonstration-type events. Similarily, this was on the syllabus for students to "further understand" the lifestyle. A lot of students got low grades/failed because it was a huge portion of the grade, and many students said they "didnt feel comfortable" attending those types of events. Reasons I heard ranged from "i felt unsafe/unwelcome in the neighborhood" to "i don't need to physically be present to understand the issues."
Professor didn't buy any of it, though he did empathize with students feeling uncomfortable with events that leaned with religious undertones. His point, after lots of complaints from students (and parents, i bet) was that if this makes students uncomfortable, that it's a. a good thing, to be challenged as such and b. they probably didnt have the wearwithall to cut it as a journalist.
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
My line of thinking is "if you don't want to see it, don't go." I suppose that could be applied to the fucksaw situation, but again, I don't know if it was necessary for the professor to go that far to make his point.
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I feel you on this. However, student clubs (and departments) run under the auspices (i think i used that word right) of the college, so anything done reflects on the institution. Some are OK with the potential backlash, others are not. There are LOTS of stuff that happened at NYU that ruffled feathers. One of my programs as an RA was sex toy shopping. Some schools wouldnt sneeze, others would put the kibosh on it. Another RA may not feel as comfortable. My opinion: don't like it? Stay yo ass home.
You're right, if you don't want to see it, don't go. But also... you gotta know your crowd. Plus, there's a time and place for nakedness and multiple, authentic orgasms.
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LOL maybe you're doing it wrong.
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