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[R. Richard]

U. of Iowa Offers Class on Porn

Jay Clarkson has had no trouble getting students at the University of Iowa to sign up for his fall class examining pornography in popular culture.

One person who isn't a fan, however, is Iowa House Speaker Chris Rants, who is questioning whether tax dollars should be spent on the elective class.

"Do they know that we're not done with their budget yet?" Rants, R-Sioux City, said. "I'm pretty sure we don't need to increase state funding by $40 million to teach critical pornography studies."

The Legislature is still wrangling with an education budget.

Clarkson, a graduate student, says students seeking a cheap thrill should look elsewhere.

"There are probably some students who will be titillated by the title," he said. "They will be disappointed." [Why not give the people what they want?]

The one-time course is being offered by the communications program at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - and it's already full with 20 students, and a growing waiting list.

Clarkson said his goal is to get people to think about how pornography has moved from the adult bookstore to everyday advertising.

"It's not a class about enjoying or viewing pornography," Clarkson said. "We will certainly be talking and reading critics who are against pornography."[Always we have a lunatic fringe with us.]


Clarkson said pornographic films and other explicit materials won't be viewed in class. [Talk about chickenshit!]

 

[impressive]

Sounds more like "Sociology of Sex 101"

 

[Belegon]

Sounds more like "Sociology of Sex 101"

Exactly. I've been there, and while Iowa is not the god_forsaken land of only corn and pigs that outside people may expect, it is not exactly New York or San Francisco either.

Mind you, small town girls and boys are not the innocent little things the legislature would have you believe.

You're young and horny. There is nothing to do. But there is that hot girl and a "borrowed" bottle of Everclear on a summers night, and a blanket and the middle of a corn field make for a place that it is real hard to get caught.


and believe me, Chris Rants knows it and did it. But heaven forbid our kids should be as interested in sex as we were....fucking hypocritical bullshit. I hate it.

 

[impressive]

But heaven forbid our kids should be as interested in sex as we were...

Were?

 

[rgraham666]

Rants?

What an appropriate name.

 

[Dar~]

You're young and horny. There is nothing to do. But there is that hot girl and a "borrowed" bottle of Everclear on a summers night, and a blanket and the middle of a corn field make for a place that it is real hard to get caught.

You can come visit me with that blanket any time you want Bel, dear.

 

[logophile]

Exactly. I've been there, and while Iowa is not the god_forsaken land of only corn and pigs that outside people may expect, it is not exactly New York or San Francisco either.

Mind you, small town girls and boys are not the innocent little things the legislature would have you believe.

You're young and horny. There is nothing to do. But there is that hot girl and a "borrowed" bottle of Everclear on a summers night, and a blanket and the middle of a corn field make for a place that it is real hard to get caught.


and believe me, Chris Rants knows it and did it. But heaven forbid our kids should be as interested in sex as we were....fucking hypocritical bullshit. I hate it.

Are you from Iowa too, Bel?

My first boyfriend and I decided we would name our first daughter Meadow after a particularly nice sex session outdoors. It beat the hell out of "Big Ugly Orange Sleeping Bag in a Field" which was the first choice.

The U of I is a very liberal school. They will pull off this class, with or without Mr. Rants' approval.