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A year after scandal, new sexuality class at NU

Lane Fenrich teaches "Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies" at Northwestern University this month. (Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune / February 19, 2012)

Lane Fenrich teaches "Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies" at Northwestern University this month. (Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune / February 19, 2012)

There’s a new class on human sexuality at Northwestern University, but it’s safe to say that this one won’t feature any live sex-toy demonstrations.

A year has passed since school officials, amid a firestorm of embarrassing publicity, canceled another sexuality class after psychology professor J. Michael Bailey hosted an optional lecture on female arousal that concluded with a woman being penetrated by a motorized sex toy.

The new class, “Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies,” is taught by Lane Fenrich, a popular history and gender studies professor who also teaches yoga on the side.

He’s quick to emphasize that his course is not intended to replace Bailey’s, but he expects it to grow to be just as popular. Fenrich’s class was capped at 95 this first quarter; Bailey’s at one time enrolled 600.

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

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