Georgia lawmakers angry at university for teaching about sex

[Darth Wong]

No, it's not a joke.

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Some Want Sex Experts Off College Payrolls
'I Am Probably A Fuddy-Duddy,' Lawmaker Says

ATLANTA -- Lawmakers are talking about something unusual for them; sex experts at Georgia universities.

A few lawmakers are upset that in this economy the state is spending money on some pretty interesting topics in higher education.

Friday morning, state representative Charlice Byrd from Cherokee County talked to the house to sound off on what she's learned about what's being taught in some Georgia colleges.

"Did you know the state universities offer such special interest classes and expertise on male prostitution, queer theory, oral sex? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you have heard me right,” said Byrd.
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Georgia State University has on its payroll an expert in oral sex and another expert in male prostitution.

"I am really mad. I am disgusted and outraged,” said Byrd.

UGA teaches a course called Queer Theory.

"If these students want to take this type of stuff, take it off campus and they pay for it themselves,” said Byrd.

Byrd’s Cherokee County colleague, state representative Calvin Hill, is also fired up.

"The concern is what are we doing on our campuses? Are we actually recruiting people, if you will, into a lifestyle,” said Hill.

They say it's ridiculous that taxpayers are footing the salaries for these experts and courses, especially when the state is trying to fill an enormous budget shortfall.

"I probably am a fuddy-duddy. I believe in the Bible. I'm a Christian. I go to church, and these are not the things that we are learning in church and in the Bible. And so if you want to call me a fuddy-duddy, have at it," said Byrd.

UGA and GSU are defending their experts and classes.

They say these are just some of many areas of research at their schools.

I'm inclined to call this idiot some things much worse than "fuddy duddy".

[Stark]

Mike, having a course called 'Queer Theory' is recruiting people into a lifestyle.

Just like having a course called 'Libertarianism' or 'Early 20th Century Fascism' or 'Sex Crime'.

[Guardsman Bass]

I wonder if she was distorting this. That's one example, but "Queer Theory" itself is basically about examining gender and sexuality categorizations, like "lesbian/gay" and so forth.

I brought this up because I ran into a right-winger on another forum, a long while back, who cited a course on this type of thing as "proof" that the university was teaching boys how to be gay. When I looked up the course itself, though, it was nothing of the sort. I suspect that Byrd, probably not the type of person to go into significant depth of research to test whether this was what something actually was (and no doubt skeptical of these types of courses, in any case), had it mentioned to her that "Queer Theory" was being taught at Georgia State, then jumped to conclusions. *

*Don't laugh - I remember when a number of members in the Utah State Legislature wanted to cut funding for the state's IB program because they had heard how it taught "global citizenship" or something like that, and jumped to the conclusion that the program was teaching young teenagers to be UN apologists instead of American patriots, or something like that.

[weemadando]

I'm sorry, University? Oh no! They're peddling their filth to... people of legal age...

[Thanas]

I'm sorry, University? Oh no! They're peddling their filth to... people of legal age...

...who are not forced to attend.

I was also unaware that gender research (although I dislike most of it after having spent six hours discussing the decollete of Angela Merkel and what it meant for Germany) now equals sex theory. Oh god, shall we ban Candide next?

[wautd]

"I probably am a fuddy-duddy. I believe in the Bible. I'm a Christian. I go to church, and these are not the things that we are learning in church and in the Bible. And so if you want to call me a fuddy-duddy, have at it," said Byrd.

Hey, go ahead and try. I won't be suprised if it works counterproductive and drives a lot of young people away from your bibleworshipping cult so the joke will be on you.

[CorSec]

"I probably am a fuddy-duddy. I believe in the Bible. I'm a Christian. I go to church, and these are not the things that we are learning in church and in the Bible. And so if you want to call me a fuddy-duddy, have at it," said Byrd.

Um, don't look now but I think they're teaching a lot of things at the Uni that are not in the bible.

[General Zod]

"The concern is what are we doing on our campuses? Are we actually recruiting people, if you will, into a lifestyle,” said Hill.

They say it's ridiculous that taxpayers are footing the salaries for these experts and courses, especially when the state is trying to fill an enormous budget shortfall.

I hear Georgia offers courses in Theology and Divinity. Does that mean they're recruiting people into the Christian lifestyle? Clearly this means we should ban courses in theology and divinity too.

[Patrick Degan]

Oh god, shall we ban Candide next?

Of course, that's merely a joke —for now. But I'm sure Voltaire is on the target list.

[SCRawl]

I'm genuinely curious what sort of course an "expert in oral sex" would teach. Mind you, the article in the OP merely states that the college has this expert on the payroll. Who knows what this employee's duties include?

[Thanas]

I'm genuinely curious what sort of course an "expert in oral sex" would teach. Mind you, the article in the OP merely states that the college has this expert on the payroll. Who knows what this employee's duties include?

Even if he would have that position, there is no guarantee that it would not be a sociologist specializing in human interaction.

And even if his job was to teach students how to have oral sex, I fail to see the harm in it. This is college and they are adults. It is quite funny that american colleges serve as "let's get as many sex as possible" and are acknowledged as such and even lauded by popular culture, but god forbid it is actually taught in class.

Oh god, shall we ban Candide next?

Of course, that's merely a joke —for now. But I'm sure Voltaire is on the target list.

Me too. You don't get much more anti-religion and anti-cuddly-culture than Voltaire.

[Alyrium Denryle]

I'm genuinely curious what sort of course an "expert in oral sex" would teach. Mind you, the article in the OP merely states that the college has this expert on the payroll. Who knows what this employee's duties include?

More than likely it is a psychologist engaged in the subdiscipline of social psychology that deals with Sex. IE. A sexologist. He studies human sexuality and apparently specializes in matters related to oral sex.

[Aaron]

Obviously neither this woman nor her staff is capable of using a search engine. 5 minutes on the GSU site was enough to tell me that part of this is simply examining homosexuality in literature. I guess when you have an agenda to push its ok to lie and distort the facts.