Last Updated on January 14, 2023
A Pennsylvania State professor sparked controversy by encouraging his students to watch gay or lesbian pornography to help lend way to bisexual attraction.
In an intro-level sociology class titled “Trans Issues, TERFs, and The Binary,” Professor Sam Richards told students “we are all at some level nonbinary” and called on all heterosexual students to “watch gay or lesbian porn and see how quickly you feel aroused. And how you can’t control that. You’ll realize that, ‘Oh, d—, I could be sexualized by people who are like me,'” Daily Mail reported.
After Richards’ comments, students responded with silence. Richards continued pressuring the students to explore gay pornography, asking, “I might have hit a nerve there. Did I hit a nerve?”
“Watch gay porn. See if you feel that feeling. If you feel that feeling, look in a mirror, and say huh, maybe I’m just feeling some things that I’m just afraid to release,” Richards continued.
“And maybe you release that and maybe you’d be surprised that maybe you actually are fine being more bisexual,” the Penn State professor added.
Penn State officials have refused to condemn or disavow Richards’ comments. Speaking with Fox News, a Penn State spokesperson said faculty having “academic freedom” is necessary to encourage “critical thinking and discussion.”
The full Penn State response is:
Professor Richards purposefully teaches in a manner designed to promote discussion across a spectrum of opinions. His class is not mandatory but is a popular elective that students choose to join. Dr. Richards and his course colleagues take time to discuss opinions from many perspectives — from liberal to conservative—and delve into topics from different viewpoints to create conversation, challenge beliefs and encourage students to explore uncomfortable and complex topics
According to Penn State’s website, Richards’ sociology class (SOC 119) has 725 students register for it ever semester, making it “the largest race and ethnic relations course in the country.”
The video of Richards’ lecture praising gay pornography was deleted from the professor’s Youtube channel, which boasts over sixty thousand subscribers.
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