UW Sex Toys Talk Gets it On
A University of Wisconsin Law School “Sex Toys 101” talk was shut down by the school, and the event organizers—who say the event was an attempt to promote safe alternatives to sex and discuss laws concerning sex toys—are not happy about it, the Badger Herald reports.
The official reason the seminar was canceled was that policy “prohibits the promotion or sale of commercial products by a private company.” But many students suspect it’s possible that the event’s racy fliers had something to do with it, too. Accompanied by a photo of wrists in shackles, one advertisement asks: “Finals got you tied up at the library all night? Wouldn’t you rather be tied up at home?” The other, littered with photos of sex toys, is probably too scandalous for me to repeat.
The two sides have sort of worked out their differences: Event organizers filed a complaint—asking for reimbursement for the event. The school complied but hasn’t backed down from its claim that the cancellation was policy related, not necessarily a matter of taste. Meanwhile, the inevitable First Amendment discussion lingers. Says a political science professor: “The larger question to be asked is to what extent can the Law School set reasonable limits on presentations that advocate certain sexual practices because they have an interest in basic decency.”
Owen, here is the link you should send people to:
http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/04/30/law_school_shut s_dow.php
Basically a UW law school group wanted to have a sex toy party and they loaded up the law school walls with all sorts of potentially offensive promotional material.
What surprises me (sarcasm alert) is that I was led to believe that UW Law School was a bastion of legal scholarship, unlike that trashy third rate law school that Justice elect Gableman attended.
Posted by on April 30, 2008 at 2111 hrsAs a UW Law School Alum, I can tell you that this bastion of free speech also tried very, very hard to shut down the Christian Legal Society last year – not just stop a program but actually de-list it and run it off campus.
So apparently, UW Law School hates all of the clauses in the First Amendment.
Posted by on May 01, 2008 at 1032 hrs
Eeeeek! Sex toys are scary!!!!
Or so the law school, and Owen apparently, would have us believe.
Truth be told, there ARE legal issues regarding the sale of such things, and they have neen banned outright in some places. Too bad the student group didn’t just focus on that.
Posted by on May 01, 2008 at 1411 hrsI’m just trying to figure out where legal education plays into this?
How is the legal system or legal education at UW Law furthered by a sex toy party? I don’t get it.
If this group wants to do this, great. Do it in a private setting or set up their own private internet user group and promote the heck out of it on that forum. Or just put a sign up sheet at the Pipefitter (is that store still around?)
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