Northwestern cancels human sexuality course; notorious sex toy scandal followed popular class
BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 9:14 AM
Northewestern said it is cancelling a popular human sexuality course, which was taught by a professor who came under fire earlier this year for featuring a sex toy demonstration during a panel talk.
Students looking to study sex toy engineering should probably apply somewhere other than Northwestern University.
The prestigious Chicagoland school said it is pulling a human sexuality class taught by a controversial professor who hosted a live sex demonstration during an optional discussion earlier this year.
Psychology department chairman Dan McAdams said the professor, J. Michael Bailey, would not teach the popular sex course next year.
"I learned a week or two ago that they had decided to cancel the course for next year," McAdams told the Chicago Tribune. "The decision was made higher up than me at the central administration level."
The school came under fire in late February after Bailey, one of the most popular professors on campus, hosted an after-class discussion about sexual fetishes that featured speakers from Chicago's BDSM community.
During the discussion, a woman stripped naked and had her partner use a battery-powered sex toy on her.
BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 9:14 AM
Students looking to study sex toy engineering should probably apply somewhere other than Northwestern University.
The prestigious Chicagoland school said it is pulling a human sexuality class taught by a controversial professor who hosted a live sex demonstration during an optional discussion earlier this year.
Psychology department chairman Dan McAdams said the professor, J. Michael Bailey, would not teach the popular sex course next year.
"I learned a week or two ago that they had decided to cancel the course for next year," McAdams told the Chicago Tribune. "The decision was made higher up than me at the central administration level."
The school came under fire in late February after Bailey, one of the most popular professors on campus, hosted an after-class discussion about sexual fetishes that featured speakers from Chicago's BDSM community.
During the discussion, a woman stripped naked and had her partner use a battery-powered sex toy on her.
