Update: Northwestern President ‘Troubled’ by Prof’s Sex Toy Demo, Promises ‘Full Investigation’
- Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:12pm by
Meredith Jessup
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP/The Blaze) — Northwestern University president Morton Schapiro said he was “troubled and disappointed” Thursday after news surfaced that a professor concluded a discussion of bondage and other sexual fetishes in his human sexuality class by having a woman take off all her clothes, climb on stage and graphically demonstrate the use of a sex toy, the school has acknowledged.
In response, Shapiro said in a statement that there would be a “full investigation” into wrongdoing on the part of psychology professor John Michael Bailey. Although the incident took place during an optional session, “I feel it represented extremely poor judgment on the part of our faculty member.”
“I simply do not believe this was appropriate, necessary, or in keeping with Northwestern University’s academic mission,” Schapiro said. “Many members of the Northwestern community are disturbed by what took place on our campus. So am I.”
The demonstration took place Feb. 21 at the conclusion of Prof. Bailey’s class on human sexuality. According to guest lecturer Ken Melvoin-Berg, after the students were told that a couple would take part in a demonstration involving a sex toy, the students were warned about a half dozen times that “what was about to happen would be graphic.”
With that, Jim Marcus and his fiancee Faith Kroll climbed on the stage in front of about 100 students and demonstrated the use of the motorized device with a phallic object attached to it, as students heard about issues such as safety and consent, Melvin-Berg said.
“It is probably something I will remember the rest of my life,” said senior Justin Smith, 21, one of the students who stuck around voluntarily after class when students were told about what they were about to see.
“I can’t say that about my Econ 202 class and the material that I learned there,” Smith told The Chicago Tribune.
The university will pay several hundred dollars to Melvoin-Berg, the co-owner of Weird Chicago Tours, for the lecture demonstration. He said that neither Kroll nor Marcus — “exhibitionists” who are happy to have people watch them have sex — would be paid.
Melvoin-Berg said the demonstration was not planned, and Marcus said that he and Kroll brought the device to show to the class but had not planned on giving a live display of how it works.
That changed, said Marcus, after the students finished watching a graphic video that he thought was unrealistic.
“It seems like a human sexuality class is a smart place to dispel some of the mistakes that we saw in the video,” he said.
So they started dispelling.
“We were watching a video on sexual arousal,” Smith said. “The main guy, Ken, said, ‘Are you ready for the live sex show?’ We were like, ‘OK.’”
Kroll said she enjoyed the demonstration and Marcus said it was all designed not to titilate the students, but teach them.
And Bailey said he didn’t know yet if he was sorry about the demonstration. But, he said, “I have no regrets concerning Northwestern students, who have demonstrated that they are open-minded grown-ups rather than fragile children.”
Evanston police say it will be up to the school to determine if the demonstration violated any local ordinances.
Northwestern spokesman Alan Cubbage said no one has filed a police complaint.
“Northwestern University faculty members engage in teaching and research on a wide variety of topics, some of them controversial and some of at the leading edge of their respective disciplines,” Cubbage told the Sun-Times. “The University supports the efforts of its faculty to further the advancement of knowledge.”





















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bkeely
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:47pmincluding pictures? what is wrong with these people…..
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betsp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:22pmThey must be so proud of themselves. Did they hand out barb bags before the peep show?
Report Post »betsp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:22pmoops…barf bags!
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:03pmA real (live) class act!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:55pmdemocrats. communists. all part of their 45 Goals. this filth is just pure democrats.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:50pmWhat’s next?, demonstrations in the form of student’s first hand experience; students, one at a time, come on to the stage and give it a try?
Depending on how that demon-stration went,
Report Post »March 21st was to be: Ladies and gentlemen, you are each welcome and encourage to experience being the recipient of the electronic toy.
nickbo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:43pmThese are the same people that either ban or edit the books of Mark Twain and many other authors
Report Post »of great literature..when will America take a stand??
Coralchristie
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:41pmOne big sick puppy invites a bunch of other sick puppies and they call it education. Disgusting!
Report Post »Juniemoon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:24pmDestroy the family, pervert the union. These people are sick.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:24pmThere’s a video called “Interior Semiotics” you should look at if you can find the original.
It’s the end result of an “education” in “art”.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:22pmMakes me really, really, really glad I did NOT go to Northwestern for graduate school way back when. Many of our professors at Baylor University were Northwestern grads (earned doctorates) and certainly encouraged us to go there for our own post graduate degrees. WOW!
Parents, you all need to get a grip, especially if you are paying some school a whole lot of money. Are these the lessons you want your child learning IN CLASS as part of their degree plan? My husband says, he, too, is headed back to school. Something about their needing OLDER (MUCH older), experienced men…………….. Can you see the tears running down my face as I am laughing sooooo hard?
Report Post »alrunner58
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:15pmSick!
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:49pmIt is sick to begin with but when it’s old people are teaching our kids to be perverts..very sick!
Report Post »temple62
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:13pmUPDATE: NORTHWESTERN PRESIDENT ‘TROUBLED’ BY PROF’S SEX TOY DEMO, PROMISES ‘FULL DEMONSTRATION’ – why am I always the last to know?
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:11pmMeanwhile, BYU has removed one of their star basketball players from the team and placed him on academic suspension for an honor violation of having premarital sex. Strangely enough, BYU is catching more flack for holding to their stated values than Northwestern is for this vulgar classroom display.
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:44amExcellent point.
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:17amHere’s an idea, why don’t teachers leave their perverted fantasies in the bedroom and start teaching our kids the things that really matter!
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:18amand stop playing the moral police..we can teach our kids just fine without them
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:08pmIs this what we save all our working days for as parents to send our children to a school like this?
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:07pmLet’s learn nothing, get a degree in nothing, and starve in our basement apartments painting our emotions on used canvass.
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:05amCharlie? Charlie Sheen? Is that you???
Report Post »CygnusX
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:41pmHahahahahaaaaaaa……
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:05pmWhat next…..live abortions? I hope not! Anal sex on stage? I really hope not! These people will do anything in the name of education. I really would like to know what the educational value of this is. We can show medical pictures of these sexual parts, where they SHOULD go and where they SHOULDN’T go would be a real education.
Most kids would not believe their eyes and ears to know that their parts have specific functions in relation to the natural laws of this reality we call life. They would learn first hand that if you taught the specific functions and intended uses how FAST the lawyers would be there in the instructors face to shut the whole thing down. As long as what they are doing has no reference’s to the morality question then everything is fine….not really. There will be consequences for stumbling young people in this life..!
Young people, make sure you don’t turn off your sickometer, its there for a reason. If you feel sick, then its wrong and against the natural laws just like eating a pound of chocolate. Your gonna be very sick! This is worse, because it stays in your mind where you will have to live with it for along time. It may also cause you to act in such a way to ruin your life.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:47pmDon’t be so old school. Fudge packing is an assential part of sexual diversity today and demonstrating it in the course of NWU instruction would keep them at “the leading edge of their respective disciplines”.
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:23pmUniversities… Where you go to learn more and more about less and less until you know everything there is to know about nothing that means anything at all…
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:05pm…I think I’m going BACK TO SCHOOL!!!
What is the major that offers this course….
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:07pmSinista Mace said: …”I think I’m going BACK TO SCHOOL!!! What is the major that offers this course…”
I know that sometimes the truth hurts, but you are old enough now to know the truth. I realize that as a liberal male you probably just have no idea how to satisfy a real woman, but sweetie, real men simply don’t have to resort to power tools in the bedroom, nor do they need to attend a class in order to comprehend what constitutes the “safety and consent” of their partners.
Chin up kiddo!
Report Post »poohbear
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:20amOuch! LOL..
Report Post »poohbear
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:22am@ Jabber
Wish I had said that!
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:36amWith all due respect, it was a JOKE.
Get your panties unbunched.
I’m a Conservative Libertarian, not a liberal male.
I have 5 children….looks like I’ve been doing a great job satisfying a woman.
“real men simply don’t have to resort to power tools in the bedroom”
What the hell has that got to do with the observance of the use of one?
Who said anything about “comprehending” the act?
I simply suggested that I would enjoy seeing it.
Natural thing, you expect an unnatural response.
Try again.
Keep your irrelevant Jabber to yourself.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:53amI got 5 kids and I KNOW where the G and the A spot is, I don’t need a course.
I simply would enjoy watching it.
You need to get your panties out of a bunch.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:13amMy comment was intended to offer a bit of levity through humor in the midst of so much tension and seriousness over this stupid thing.
Jabber you must have some serious sexual tension built up there…
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:55pmSinista Mace-
Where do I begin?
“With all due respect, it was a JOKE”. (followed a few lines later by) “I simply suggested that I would enjoy seeing it.”
So which is it? You were joking OR you really would enjoy seeing it? Can’t have it both ways.
“I’m a Conservative Libertarian, not a liberal male.”
My apologies to Liberals everywhere.
“I have 5 children….looks like I’ve been doing a great job satisfying a woman.”
Apparently you DO need a class. Conception has nothing to do with satisfying a woman….unless that woman really, REALLY enjoys being pregnant.
I said “real men simply don’t have to resort to power tools in the bedroom”
Sinista Mace replied: “What the hell has that got to do with the observance of the use of one?”
Apparently you could use a good shop class as well.
SM: “Who said anything about “comprehending” the act?”
I should have used the word “demystifying” the act because that was the word the ARTICLE used. I consider the words “demystifying” and “comprehending” to be synonyms, but maybe you don’t. Sorry.
SM:”I simply suggested that I would enjoy seeing it. Natural thing, you expect an unnatural response.”
Umm……technically voyeurism is considered a “perversion” in some psychology circles and in most conservative ones.
“Keep your irrelevant Jabber to yourself.”
You first.
Report Post »HardcoreAlexJones
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 10:57am“I simply suggested that I would enjoy seeing it”… as a JOKE.
Jabber : Sexual tension +1
“Conception has nothing to do with satisfying a woman….unless that woman really, REALLY enjoys being pregnant.”
….Are you retarded?
How do you have 5 kids without satisfying a woman?
Let me help you…there wouldn’t be a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th kid…if she didn‘t like it and wasn’t satisfied the 1st time….durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
““real men simply don’t have to resort to power tools in the bedroom”
Anybody who knows the physiology of a woman -which apprently YOU do not- knows that a woman can reach climax multiple times in one session, whereas a REAL man usually only does it ONCE, then gets up to have a cigarette.
Men simply cannot perform better than machines wielded by the woman. Period. You cannot make a woman climax better than she can make herself climax. Fact.
You said “I consider the words “demystifying” and “comprehending” to be synonyms, but maybe you don’t. Sorry.”
Yea, I’m sorry too. So is the thesaurus sorry that you’re illiterate because “demystify” and “comprehend” is not synonyms. Sorry.
You said “Umm……technically voyeurism is considered a “perversion” in some psychology circles and in most conservative ones.”
Yea, it‘s considered a perversion in the psychology system of Sigmund Freud who thinks every sngle psychological issue ties back to a man’s sexual desire for his own mother.
Fail.
What conservative cicles are you referring to who views voyeurism as a perversion? I hope you’re not referring to the Conservative Republican caught in the Male Rest Stop Bathroom with a wide stance, or referring the Male Republican “Conservatives” who attend Bohemian Grove (BoHOMOan Grove)…
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:04pmWhy in the he77 does a school have a human sexuality class in the first place? What ever happened to teaching the 3 R’s?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:12pmreal life—–reality——responsibility??????
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:15pmMy thought exactly. Why is human sexuality a class?? The morals in our society continue to decay. This is not learning, and this is definitly NOT education. It’s hedonism at its finest, and Northwestern University is its stage.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:03pmHow does one become a “tutor” at Northwestern? (joke)(a bad one at that)
Nothing more than exhibitionism. Plain and simple. I thought live sex shows were illegal. Silly me.
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:56amand notice how it’s always the people who should be keeping their clothes on that are taking them off..
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:58amthey look like they haven’t showered in days..
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:59amdarn I meant shouldn’t be taking off their clothes!
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:01amLOL..never mind..I was right the first time. I’m such a geek =)
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:01pmadvancement of knowledge { what } when did a live peep show become,advanced knowledge??? these people along with the professor should be arrested.where has the values of this country gone??
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:00pmOMG! I know the parents of these students did not think they would be paying for this live performance.. WTH is wrong with the only one that was naked the “WOMAN” “Faith Knoll”
Report Post »where is her freaking brain at … never mind I know the answer to that question
spirited
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:01pmShe started out as a live model in art class.
Then, toyed with being a human guinea pig for med students.
>She was hoping to graduate
Report Post »to being a real life ‘demonstrator’
with individual students….just as an educational volunteer.
ares338
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:57pmTypical.
Report Post »poohbear
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:17amPervs used to hide from mainstream..what happened now they are teaching our kids!
Report Post »PoohbearA2
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:56pmThe demonstrator seem to lack “goddess” label and Adonis DNA needed to pull that one off.
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:20pmmoriarty70-
I’m sorry…I failed to notice the mention of “legal” vs “illegal” in your rationalization. You’re probably much more informed on fetishes than I am, but I could swear that some people’s fetishes include torture, suffocation, bondage, and even rape. Seems to me a good deal of those are “illegal” too…at least where I live they are.
clearasabellnow
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:56amDitto that! They actually appear to be party to a second counter revolution that mimicks the hippies from the ‘60’s.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:53pmWhat the heck does this have to do with real education, your parents, most likely, are paying for? This is outrageous! It is nothing more than live porn. If these “kids” haven’t seen, heard, or already experimented with this, so what? THEY DON’T NEED AN “EDUCATOR” to do this crap, and on stage? I would NEVER allow my child to go to such a college!
Report Post »PoohbearA2
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:57pmMore likely at least financed through taxpayer dollars.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:00pm@BEE………….. our education system has not been about education for a very long time it is more of a industry to soak up finances and indoctrinate than educate………………….an education from our current educational system is pure happenstance and secondary in objective
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:00pm@BEEBACKSOON
Report Post »When dealing with “Human Sexuality” in the real world, porn is not a good way to learn. One thing the anti-porn crowd claims that I agree with is, it’s not a real version of sex, it’s an idealized fantasy world version. In other words, no good advice/diagnosis (remember it‘s a psychology course we’re talking about) can really be made off of porn videos.
lillymckim
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:02pmNorthwestern is troubled… troubled… RU kidding me… they are only troubled?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:10pmafter the students were told that a couple would take part in a demonstration involving a sex toy, the students were warned about a half dozen times that “what was about to happen would be graphic.”
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Hey horny horn dogs ( and beeatches) ,
there will be a man and a woman having a sexual event on stage using a toy. It will be verrrrrry graphic , like really really graphic. You all can come if you want to , it will be truely graphic, like it’ll blow your retinas out. It will be graphic, don‘t tell us later that we didn’t tell you. Its live and graphic sex. So please don’t come to the event which is happening at this location at this time . Its graphic. And its sex. And its live too. You have been warned
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:14pmWhat if a PRO-LIFE group wants to hold an event, showing pics of aborted babies ?
Report Post »Will the same Univ be so passive and laid back and casual in their “ response ”
before / after the event ?
beebacksoon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:16pmPsychosis
Report Post »I agree. It is more so under our current administration. I am no prude, however, hells-bells…THIS IS HIGHER LEARNING? Com’on, give me a break! Are we going back to the love-ins of the 1960″s? I’m sure many of those students (and professor) left there, rather aroused, and started calling around looking for someone to hook up with, and show them their new found classroom knowledge.
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:21pm“The University supports the efforts of its faculty to further the advancement of knowledge.”
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Going by the definition of knowledge as used in this Univ,
streetwalkers who perform kinky acts in public are the real academics / scholars in this world
beebacksoon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:22pmmoriarty70
Report Post »And I agree…porn is staged and performed to arouse and sell (more) dvds. I just meant this form of live porn, on a COLLEGE CAMPUS, is outrageous, and I hope the parents shout it to the roof tops!
teachermitch32
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:27pmmoriarty70
Report Post »Are trying to say, then, that live porn is somehow more instructive, for any purpose, as opposed to recorded? If I have what you’re trying to say wrong I apologize. If I don’t, where the HE-double hockey sticks do you get that kind of logic?
moriarty70
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:56pm@TEACHERMITCH32
In the previous article it mentioned the specific topic was fetishes, which large/powered toys and exhibitionism are. It also said there was instruction on safety and the likes, which to me implies discussions about consent, limits of the human body, and how to read your partner and their body. Movies tend not to show when the performer is saying “Ow ow ow, stop for a second.”
And since it was a psych class and these people might be counseling people with problems in their sex life, it might be good to demystify lots of these acts instead of being in a session and reacting “You do what? Gross.”
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:01pmThe thing I can‘t get over is that this prof thinks what he’s teaching is somehow new and cutting edge. The bottom line he‘s trying to sell is the same bottom line the world’s oldest profession (which is falsely named, of course) has been trying to sell since the world was: that sex has no consequences.
Report Post »Of course it does, and that makes this prof a sham twice over.
DashRipRock
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:10pm$45 thou in student loans and all I got to
Report Post »see was a plastic %$@@#$$ on a mannequin
Jabber
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:43pmTo moriarty70
So in a class on say…….Medieval Europe, you believe it would be perfectly FINE (and educational too boot) if they brought a couple up on stage to demonstrate how The Rack worked. Or maybe an Iron Maiden?
I mean….”since it was a psych class and these people might be counseling people with problems in their [private life] it might be good to demystify lots of these acts instead of being in a session and reacting “You do what? Gross.”
I can only imagine what you would applaud when they come to the chapters on pedophilia and incest. Those two things can be COMPLETELY mystifying to most people….
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:55pm@JABBER
Report Post »While I suspect you’re not really looking for an answer, I will say one simple thing. Everything you mentioned is illegal even within a private bedroom/kitchen/residence and as such are not valid comparisons.
Shari62
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:12pmHate to see the homework that is assigned, or worse group projects
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:15pmmoriarty70-
I failed to notice the mention of “legal” vs “illegal” in your rationalization. You’re probably much more informed on fetishes than I am, but I could swear that some people’s fetishes include torture, suffocation, bondage, and even rape. Seems to me a good deal of those are “illegal” too…at least where I live they are.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:19pm“Troubled!!!!” That is the best that he can come up with. I thought the progressive union teachers were already teaching that in elementary school. Perhaps this was one of the remedial classes that an average of 34% of US students have to take because they are NOT adequately prepared for college by their high schools.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:22pmIn this country nowadays I guess it takes a college education to learn how to be kinky enough to turn a Sawsall into a ***** and use it in public.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:24pmNorthwestern University president Morton Schapiro said he was “troubled and disappointed” Thursday after news surfaced that a professor concluded a discussion of bondage and other sexual fetishes in his human sexuality class by having a woman take off all her clothes, climb on stage and graphically demonstrate the use of a sex toy, the school has acknowledged.
HE was only troubled because the news Surfaced. Form what I hear, this was not the first time the professor has done something like this. He is no better than the professor.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:31pmIt isn‘t about the pittance of a few hundred bucks spent on the ’stupidity’,,,it’s about the stupidity that spent the few hundred bucks. I cannot believe the school administration hasn’t given the deviant professor his walking papers yet…..guess the lower standards will bring in a different cadre of students who are more interested in a alternate lifestyle than receiving an education.
Well done Northwestern,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,from the parents of future college kids.
Report Post »chubbzbar
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:24pmI have one word – SATAN
Report Post »poohbear
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:15am@ PoohbearA2
Hey, I like your name…lol
Report Post »CygnusX
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:30pm@moriarty70. I believe this was an undergrad course. You wouldn’t teach psychologists how to treat sexual issues in psych 101. I think that would be a major specific course.
Report Post »RxConfederalism
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 7:40amThey had a choice to go to the event. I don’t see a big deal about it. Whats more ridiculous than this is the outrageous costs and stupid fee’s you get charged at colleges. I get charged every semester a $25.00 parking permit fee and a $200 gym fee. I have had the same parking permit for for the past 2 years charged every year for it never used their gym and I also get charged for a student I.D. every semester which I have had the same one for the past 2 years until they implemented a new system. Because now students are charged $0.25 per page printing fee which you have to buy their fake virtual campus money with real money to just be able to print.
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