Stephen- I don't think any title with sex in it needs an apology! :) Although all these posts are showing up in my spam box - the college's filter is catching the s word! :)
One of my students was looking at one of these posts and suggested that all this emphasis by the "heartland conservatives" seems to be on stopping sex - except conservative sex. :) Funny as that might sound, it is a strategy that's shown itself over and over as a tendency to promote sex and family size among one's own group- so long as they don't enjoy it too much and it is just procreative, I'd guess! (Yes, the student had just been in our human sexuality class). Just one more "funny" thread. As department chair, there is at least one complaint a year that comes into the college about our sexuality course. Usually the rumors are of the ilk, "He promotes sex toys!" or, "He promotes promiscuity!" or such. Not funny in and of itself- what is odd/funny is that the "culprit" who is doing these evil deeds is almost always ME. And I don't teach the course. Hmmmmm. The closest I ever come to a discussion of sexuality is in psychopharm courses (when someone asks about X drug being an aphrodisiac!) or the history of psychology course when we discuss Freud etc. Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 1/31/2006 2:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Teen sex First, let me apologize for that totally boring thread title. It should, of course, be "No canoodling in Kansas". Second, I see a trend in the USA today, and it seems to be no sex for anyone, under any circumstances (think of the Shakers, for example). As it happens, here in Canada, we're going in the opposite direction. Our Supreme Court has just declared that swingers' clubs are ok for Canadians, if that's what they really want. In the words of our great prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation nor in the backseats of its teenagers' cars". Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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