[Texaggie79]

I think the reason our society gives these people a reason to teach this crap is because they are partially right. We are in a panic, as a society. A mere allegation can land a kid in a foster home. Kids are thrown into treatment where they are TOLD that they were traumatized. Even if something did happen to them, I believe that the treatment is sometimes more traumatic than the actual abuse.

[sharktrager]

Why would it take a "close reading" of Vladimir Nabokov to study "child sexuality". "Lolita" clearly paints the young title carachter as a sexual agressor, and Humbert simply stumbled upon her by accident.

[dark_lord]

Queer theory? This is now some kind to intellectual discipline? Oh, wait - I used "intellectual" and "discipline" together, can't have that, that would be an oxymoron.

[RAT Patrol]

Who can explain that blurry gray world liberals live in?

[boris]

"(Corse at Cornell U)"

I presume you meant coarse at Cornell U (my alma mater [undergrad]).

--Boris

[Billthedrill]

This is an interdisciplinary course in American Studies and queer theory...

Yeah, I had to put the touch on Mom and Dad for a couple extra kilobucks but I finally got my major changed from Electrical Engineering to Queer Theory. I figure the job market's better.

[W.C. Fields voice] "I like children. Female children, ages 18 - 25..."

Dang it. These preverts are giving us dirty old men a bad name...

[IronJack]

The sexual child, as a volatile emblem of trauma,

This type of phraseology is known as "academium," one of the densest argots to ever pollute the human vocabulary. It is a meaningless, contrived phrase designed less to enlighten than to obscure. As is the rest of this self-impressed gibberish.

Give 1,000 monkeys 1,000 typewriters ...

[Lorianne]

"The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain any more so it eats it. It's rather like getting tenure."

from Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett,

[Hobsonphile]

Bump for later ping.

[weegee]

It hasn't been said yet so let me add:

Ithaca, City Of Evil BUMP!

[EdReform]

BTTT

[semaj]

I t would appear that the whole reason for these types of course curriculums's to de-construct the laws and societal norms that have been in place for generations to protect the weaker elements of society. The course is not designed to bolster society per se, but equips those inclined with the tools and understanding necessary to destroy the moral reasoning and fiber that has worked so well to protect us from ourselves.

[Dr. Frank fan]

One wonders if the prof will mention the child-abuse accusations used to justify the holocaust at Mt. Carmel near Waco, Texas as a primary and recent instance of one of those "moral panics" referred to here.