Westminster College has recently been under fire for a May Term course entitled Film 300-Porn.
For those who have not attended Westminster, May Term courses are optional five-week-long elective classes offered at the end of the spring semester at no cost to undergraduate students. There are generally six or seven May Term courses offered every spring, and they often explore fun topics with attention-grabbing names such as “Epidemiology of the Zombie Apocalypse” or “How to be a Bitch.”
Westminster also has taught classes similar to Film 300-Porn since 2014, with classes titled “Sex in Film,” “These Films are so Gay” or “Love and Sex,” but none of those classes have faced the backlash that this particular course has. I believe that this course is facing discrimination and national attention due to deeply ingrained patriarchal values that discourage the enjoyment of sex work.
Alyson Pinkleman joins Rod tonight at 6:20 to discuss why she support the class.
Read Her Oped in the Sl Tribune:
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/05/09/alyson-pinkelman-fear/
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