Over at Cornell, sex ed got taken to a different level with “Anal Sex 101: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask).” The speaker, sex expert Tristan Taormino, was invited by campus groups who had received a large number of questions about anal sex, and the event was funded by several groups as well as the Student Assembly Finance Commission.
Obviously, the College Republicans protested. In fact, they picketed. How could they not? Luckily, they made themselves sound ridiculous in the Cornell Sun.
“We’re protesting the event today because we believe the student activities fee is being used to teach people to engage in a physical act that we believe is not morally right,” said Ahmed Salem ’08, president of the College Republicans. “Our main issue is that even if that’s going to happen, it should not be paid for with our own money.”
Apparently he thinks that the school actually funded anal sex, not the event. And since when are political parties supposed to police morals? And since when is anal sex immoral? I could’ve sworn students pay to be educated academically, not morally.
In short, shut up and let people engage in safe, painless backdoor fun if they want to. The College Republicans are definitely more of a pain in the ass than anything they could have possibly protest.
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December 4th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
I think you’re very subjective and are quite harsh when attacking an opponent view… You should be a bit more tolerant to their ideas, because, funding anal sex education is just really pointless and disgusting as an idea. Then, it should be just funded by those interested to attend, right!! I wouldn’t want my money to go on such a thing!
December 4th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
This article is quite narrow minded as well, in addition to being intolerant to opposing ideas of beliefs. Whoever said that a campus group couldn’t be against immorality? And furthermore, who really wants their tuition going towards such lectures? Let the attendees or relevant campus groups fund it themselves.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
…she gets to be subjective, she’s an opinion blogger.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
If you’re going to rip off popular blogs, how about Feministing or something? At least fewer people read that at Penn than read Ivygate.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:18 am
Lectures can only accomplish so much.
I will submit that it’s only practice that makes perfect.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I understand that I’m a few months late in catching this one, but… let me get this straight.
People were actively aiming to prevent people from doing something they disagreed with, and that’s just an “opposing view.” Somebody merely blogs in complaint that others actively tried to mind other people’s business and ruin their lecture on a topic that was important to them, and she’s the intolerant attacker?
Do tell.