Clemson University is requiring students to reveal how many times they’ve had sex in the past month

[eridani]

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http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/340-187/25936-clemson-university-requires-students-to-disclose-number-of-sexual-partners-or-face-disciplinary-action

In screenshots obtained exclusively by Campus Reform, the South Carolina university is asking students invasive and personal questions about their drinking habits and sex life as part of what they’ve billed as an online Title IX training course.

“How many times have you had sex (including oral) in the last 3 months?” asks one question.

“With how many different people have you had sex (including oral) in the last 3 months?” asks another.

In a campus-wide email, the South Carolina university announced that all students, faculty, and staff would be required to complete a mandatory, one-hour long Title IX training course by November 1.

“We believe you’ll enjoy the assignment,” the email, provided to Campus Reform, reads. “It is an engaging and informative online course, created with students for students. It will provide you with useful information regarding sexual violence and relationships. The course promotes a healthier and safer campus environment.”

[cbayer]

1. Clemson University Halts Use Of Survey Asking About Students' Sex Lives

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/clemson-sex-lives-student-survey_n_5845038.html

[eridani]

3. Well, that didn't take long

Use the contact information for thanking them for coming to their senses.

[cbayer]

4. Great idea!

[lovemydog]

5. no pun intended

[eridani]

6. Hmm...can I blame my worsening cataracts? n/t

[davidpdx]

26. No, you should thanks the right-wingers

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/10/20/65093/campus-reform-leadership-institute/

[hifiguy]

33. Reichwingers just hates the edjamacation,

don't they?

[blkmusclmachine]

2. WTF (and not win the future)

[whistler162]

7. Oh boy..... another badly written headline!

I guess the faculty and staff don't count as important.

[jmowreader]

8. You realize this could have gotten fun REAL quick...

"How many times have you had sex in the last 3 months?" 2160 (the number of hours in 90 days)
"With how many different people have you had sex in the last 3 months?" 4320

This would have provided enjoyment the creators didn't actually anticipate.

[L0oniX]

30. They didn't include sex with Mr and Miss hand.

[jmowreader]

38. Well, they damn well should have!

[Lee-Lee]

9. This whole thing is manufactured outrage from a Koch funded group

Campus Reform is a reactionary anti-progressive group that take things like this out of context as a way of attacking anything progressive happening in higher education, and they are part of a larger Koch-funded effort.

I am sure if you drilled into it the data was anonymously used for legitimate purposes of studying issues of sexual assault, consent and behavior on campus.

Maybe I'm wrong, but if a far right group like Campus Reform is using their Koch money to complain about it odds are in the end its actually a good thing.

[cbayer]

12. This is really good and important information.

Thanks for bringing it to the thread.

[jberryhill]

15. Seriously

As if anyone is supposed to give a shit about a distorted story from a right wing group about a private university.

[Lee-Lee]

16. Clemson is a public university

But otherwise you are spot on.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

17. This was not an anonymous course

I don't think anyone should be forced to answer personal questions.

[davidpdx]

25. This should back up what you are saying a bit

Right Wing Activist Launches College Social Networking Site To ‘Smash Left-Wing Scum’ On Campus

Campus Progress reports that Morton Blackwell, founder of the right-wing young adult organization, the Leadership Institute (LI), has launched a new social-networking site for young conservatives called CampusReform. The purpose of the site is to expose “bias” in universities “completely dominated by the left” and give students a forum to report and organize against professors perceived as abusive leftists. Blackwell described the motivation behind his ambitous project to the American Prospect:

“I have had a long-term awareness of how the campuses have become left-wing indoctrination centers, and many, many students can go their entire college educations and never see any representations of conservative principles on their campuses — but they see innumerable amounts of propaganda both in campus curriculum and with speakers and in campus newspapers. It has always bugged me that conservatives have not done likewise.”

In other words, CampusReform’s young conservatives want to “smash left-wing scum,” as Tony Listi, a graduate of Texas A&M, wrote on the site. There is a CampusReform subsite for each of the 2,376 four-year colleges in the US which contains a blog, event listings, membership roster, and “access to a variety of powerful weapons to identify, expose, and combat leftist abuses on campus.” Those weapons consist of a system which allows students to review “biased” textbooks, rate faculty and “hold professors accountable,” report “leftist abuses,” and take a survey to record “specific injustices.” Currently, LI is offering a $100 prize each day in October for reporting “leftist abuse.”

Ken Johnson, a humanities professor at the University of Southern Indiana who was recently flagged by CampusReform as an academic who “continually degrades the Bible,” offers a seperate interpretation. “Students sometimes confuse the presentation of ideas” with his own, Professor Johnson told Campus Progress. “Some students, as soon as their thinking is challenged, the challenger becomes the evil one.”

LI has already bred conservative leaders like chief GOP strategist Karl Rove, Rep. Joe ‘You Lie’ Wilson (R-SC), and Grover Norquist, head of American’s For Tax Reform. CampusReform also proudly points out that James O’Keefe, the “filmmaker” who posed as the pimp that led to the ACORN scandal, attended ten different LI schools in addition to receiving funding from the Institute.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/10/20/65093/campus-reform-leadership-institute/

[aikoaiko]

10. I doubt answering these questions was required.

I'd have to see the policy or statements in the intro to the survey to believe that.

[Ken Burch]

11. Do they just mean "with another person"?

That would deeply affect the count with a lot of folks.

[L0oniX]

31. ...or animal?

[Ken Burch]

13. Will some students refuse to comply just to get "disciplinary action"?

[Orrex]

18. Hey! NSFW!

[FSogol]

19. Thank gawd, there were no Lego nipples visible in that pic.

shutter

[Orrex]

20. Scandalous!

[FSogol]

21. Add a baby eating.

[Orrex]

22. I think that's from the Eraserhead set.

[FSogol]

24. "Mother, they're still not sure it is a baby!"

[hifiguy]

34. There's a Lego Mister Slave??

[Initech]

37. Please tell me that the name of the Lego strip club is called "Blockheadz".

And it has to be spelled with the z.

[jberryhill]

14. holy out of context bullshit, batman

[maced666]

23. Big brother at work.

Hardly a shock any longer.

[Sanity Claws]

27. Alone or with others?

[still_one]

28. If the university requires it, I would sue their ass. If it is voluntary, I would ignore it

[In_The_Wind]

35. I agree with you.

IMO: It's none of their damn business!

[LongTomH]

39. +1000 The best answer is: "See you in court, asshole!"

[Eleanors38]

29. Sorry, I don't have a main frame. nt

[sarisataka]

32. Answer-

If you want to know, subscribe to my webcast, www.helpmepaymyclemsontuition.xxx

You can count all acts and partners there. As this is to benefit the University you can use the professor discount. Enter code "bettergrade" for a 25% discount.

[longship]

36. Wait a minute...

Is the winner the one with highest count, or the lowest? And there's no mention of anal sex. Does that count?

One wonders... After all, this is South Carolina.