A women's studies course here at the University of Nebraska spent the first class of the semester chanting the word 'lesbian' over and over again, allegedly to 'get comfortable with using the word'.
Well, I suppose it's easier than repeating 'carpet muncher' or 'bush biter' or 'labia licker'...ROFLOL! Frankly, I thought the academic agenda at mid-western schools was more 'relevant' than what one might find at liberal schools on either coast.