Surely it’s happened before: A student’s found himself choosing between going to class or watching porn.
For those attending Salt Lake City’s Westminster College, the dilemma’s no longer necessary.
As reported by Campus Reform, among its “film studies courses” for the 2022-23 year is “FILM-3000: Porn.”
CR sends you a link to the description on the departmental website.
Hardcore pornography has become more American than apple pie. We view this industry as a cultural phenomenon, which reflects and reinforces gender inequalities but also has the potential to challenge them. It is an art form that demands serious reflection.
Prepare for an eye-opening experience:
Watch porn together, discuss sexualization of gender, race and class and also explore experimental and radical art forms.
Campus Reform’s April 19, 2009 piece was published. The following image circulated on the Internet:
The tuition at Westminster College, Utah costs $37,060. This is one of their classes. pic.twitter.com/c5oparOmXl
— Ed Latimore (@EdLatimore) April 20, 2022
However, the outlet link does not lead to class listings. The same is true for a purported Gender Studies course.
Even so, Salt Lake City’s KTVX confirms the class is real.
ABC4 even reached Chanza Torres the instructor.
When asked why she is teaching a course on pornography, Chanza Torres calls it “a fascinating study of people and gender performance.” “The majority of porn is bad for women, although there is some variety in porn.” Chanza Torres’ class is designed to help students think critically about pornography’s impact on gender in the U.S. She studies popular pornographic sites as problematic databases, which obscure both the law and ethics of pornography.
Chanza Torres maintains that while she is “sex positive and body-positive,” the course at Westminster is designed to be critical of pornography using rigorous methodological frameworks. It’s not for her and students to “watch porn, giggle, and go home.” She hopes her class can be a safe and moderated space for students curious about pornography’s impact on society.
She’s a little late — if I understand properly, males have been fascinated by porn since its beginning. Many have even had study partners.
Concerning college carnality, there’s a lot of that goin’ ’round. Education never looked so sexy:
Harvard’s ‘Sex Week’ Features ‘Orgies 101,’ Proves COVID Recovery Is in the Can
The Ol’ College Try: Prestigious University Asks Students to Spin the ‘Wheel of Fornication’
Dirty Work: Universities Try to Sell Students on the ‘Positives’ of Sex
University Eyes Forcing Students/Staff to Use Preferred Pronouns, Giving Everyone Access to Girls’ Locker Rooms
Utah has a lot more life than people might believe.
F-Bombing Teacher Tells Kids Trump Is a ‘Sexual Predator’ and ‘Parents Are Dumber’ Than They Are
Utah Freeway Police Pull Over Possible Drunk Driver. Turns out It was a Kindergartener
Still, some residents aren’t turned on by academia-affirmed porn studies. Hence, they’ve launched a Change.org petition:
Westminster College is located in Salt Lake City (UT) and offers classes in which students can watch pornography with each other. In the course description for GENDER*300O Porn, Westminster calls “hard core pornography… as American as apple pie”.
It’s not in OUR country.Westminster College should remove the following classes from its course schedule. The Supreme Court has defined obscenity as “completely devoid of scientific, political, educational, or social value”. We share your opinion. We agree. Pornography has no educational value.
Students and teachers are encouraged to watch the same pornography as their students in these classes. Students and teachers are exposed to pornographic material in a dangerous environment.
These classes do not represent Utah values.
Is it going to be a permanent part of our curriculum?
Some might also see the course as a morally questionable elective.
But critics shouldn’t assume it’s a throwaway class for slackers; I’m sure some students will study hard.
-ALEX
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