Reports have emerged that Yale has issued a ban on “Sex Week at Yale” — a controversial event held at the university every other year since 2002.
According to a university special report:
We heard over and over from students, faculty, and staff that “Sex Week at Yale,” a student-sponsored event, is highly problematic. A student-initiated event begun in 2002, it has described itself as “a campus-wide interdisciplinary sex education program.” Over time, this event clearly has lost the focus of its stated intention and in recent years it has prominently featured titillating displays, “adult” film stars, and commercial sponsors of such material.
However, the university has left the door open for students to submit a revised event program for approval in the future.
Criticism of the Yale’s “Sex Week” began to heat up following the event’s last go round in February of 2010, which was detailed on this blog and in the magazine.
Sounds like the rumored Skull and Bones Initiation
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNathan, you are to be congratulated! Your writing about Yale's Sex Week was a major factor publicizing the event. Your Phi Beta Con pieces undoubtedly led to what--we hope--will be its permanent demise.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is absolutely correct. Well done, Nathan.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm going out on a limb here and stating that few college kids need help with interdisciplinary sex education.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIs no one concerned about free speech here? Do you really trust giving administrators the power to ban student-organized events? As I argue on academeblog.org, if you can ban Sex Week for offending people, why can't a university ban Ann Coulter for the same reason?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMany universities have banned Ann Coulter. What's your point? There is free speech and there is being the adult. Yale, for once, is being the adult by ending Sex Week. It is juvenile and adds nothing to the mission of education at the university. They should have ended it after the first one.
On the subject of Ann Coulter, its a private school, so if they wanted, they could ban her. It would be stupid, but its their right. A public university is a different story, but the administration of a private school has the right (and duty) to not allow things that hurt the school. Sex week hurts Yale. It's something few school do anymore.
Wow, I can't believe I defended Yale! That's a switch.
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