Opinion
New Media, New Laws, New Problems
Recent laws and court decisions highlight the challenge of balancing free-speech rights with efforts to battle sex offenses.
News
Sex Studies a New Minor at UNC-CH
CHAPEL HILL—This fall UNC-Chapel Hill will offer a new academic minor: “sexuality studies.” Students who complete 12 hours’ worth of the interdisciplinary courses can receive a minor in sexuality studies. Some of the courses include a history course on “the history of sexuality in America” and a political science course on “the politics of sexuality.” UNC-CH is not alone among universities with a program in sexuality studies. A steadily growing number across the nation offers some form of sexuality or gender-study programs. Included in that list is Duke University, which has offered a program on sexuality studies since 1994.
Opinion
An Outrageous Oversight, A Horrifying Result
A convicted child molester, listed on an official registry of sex offenders, is now wanted for assaulting a five-year-old child -- whom he met as a Durham school volunteer.
Opinion
Scholars make the case, apparently, for sex studies at UNC-Chapel Hill
A new academic program has been proposed for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It would be a certificate program, similar to a minor, in the field of "sexuality studies." According to the News & Observer (July 29), students in the program would take five courses that "delve into issues of sexual identity, sexual ambiguity and the role of sex in society, politics, art, law, history and religion."
Opinion
N.C. colleges keep up with national trend toward sexualizing courses, events
A class at the University of California at Berkeley came under fire in February when the public learned participants received college credit for a course that involved, among other things, visiting strip clubs, watching an instructor engage in sexual intercourse, and engaging in orgies at an instructor’s house.
