<p>I am taking a "Psychology" course... that's the title of the course anyway. In reality, my psych professor doesn't talk about psychology at all, or he didn't for the first 3 weeks anyway. He explains the anatomy of the human p*<strong><em>/v</em></strong>**, how they fit together, the actions of sexual intercourse ("thrust in and out" etc.), STD rates, has an obsession with female condoms, and things of that nature. I think that I should report him for being inappropriate. Does that sound like a normal psych class? It's the first one I've taken, so I don't want to report him if it is normal, but making people describe each step in sexual intercourse in a really, really, REALLY detailed manner doesn't seem right for a PSYCH course... What do you think?</p>
<p>Sounds like an interesting course. What is the course actually called? If you could post your syllabus, that would be great.</p>
<p>It's called "Introductory Psychology" and is a requirement for all freshmen.... I don't care if it sounds interesting or not. I'm asking if it is APPROPRIATE for an INTRO PSYCHOLOGY course.</p>
<p>No, it's not appropriate for an introductory psychology course.</p>
<p>Okay, then I'll probably report him. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think all you'd be able to "get" him for is not following the syllabus, and if he's following the syllabus you can yell till you're blue in the face, but nothing will happen. The sex talk is irrelevant.</p>
<p>We have a professor here who "thins out the herd" (there are too many people that sign up for his class) by being as absolutely offensive and racist as he can the first day (and too his credit he stays consistent). He has people dress up in stereotypes and parades them in front of the lecture hall. This doesn't work that well anymore since everyone knows about it and it's actually led to more people wanting the class. Yep, that's World Regions.</p>
<p>Errrrrrr............... In case haven't noticed, it is the rare psychologist or psychiatrist that doesn't suffer from some degree of madness themselves. And I say that in earnest.</p>
<p>Yes, it is sort of critical if the syllabus says he will covering sex. If the syllabus says it, then there isn't much you can do.</p>
<p>The psychology of sexuality is certainly an important part of human psychology. Just because you don't like what he's focusing on, doesn't make his teaching "inappropriate."</p>
<p>"The psychology of sexuality is certainly an important part of human psychology."</p>
<p>That may be true, but he wasn't talking about the psychology of sexuality... He spent an entire THREE HOURS talking (and forcing students to answer questions) about how during sexual intercourse, a man puts his p**** into a woman's v*<strong><em>. It feels good, and after a certain point, the man will e</em></strong><strong><em>, which means that s</em></strong> will come out of the tip of his p**** which will then travel into the woman's v***** (but he made note that it "didn't have to be an internal e****<strong><em>"). But that this can be prevented by a female condom..... During puberty, young boys e</em></strong>** in their beds because they have a "sexy dream".... What does the scrotum look like? The p**** and t******** grow larger during puberty, and get wider... oral sex...etc.</p>
<p>You really think that is appropriate and relates to psychology? And no, none of this is mentioned in the syllabus.</p>
<p>Using my knowledge of psychology, I can say that you might be sexually frustrated.</p>
<p>well... in an intro psych course, I would expect at least a class or two to focus on sex, although what you're describing seems a bit graphic to me. Human sexuality is certainly an important key point in many areas of psychology, including social psych, personality psych (esp. Freudian...not to be stereotypical...that man needs to be erased from the history books -- he is our shame!), evolutionary psych, etc., but I really see little reason for going into how "it" is done...that part matters little in terms of psychology</p>
<p>It does sound a little bizzare to me. I have had intro psych in college and med school. If it is a required freshman class, ask the other students what their professor is covering. My concern is not that he is being overly graphic-sounds like a high school human sexuality course to me. My concern would be that you are missing the basics of psych which should eb covered. If they say their prof was not covering similar subject I would send an anonymous letter to the dept chairman so they could come sit in on his class.</p>
<p>I wish I had an intro to Psychology class like that...</p>
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Using my knowledge of psychology, I can say that you might be sexually frustrated.
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<p>Agreed. I think you are the one who needs reported.</p>
<p>maybe you should ask some of the other people in your class if they find the material inappropriate, too, or if you're maybe just overly sensitive..</p>
<p>This sounds very inappropriate, and sounds nothing like my Intro to Psych class last year. I second the idea to send an anonymous letter, but I don't know if them observing him would work, as he might actually teach you something about Psychology and not about sex that day. This could be detrimental to your academics as well, especially if you decide to take another upper-level Psych class and don't know the basics.</p>
<p>it is a psychology class and not a physiology class right lol?</p>
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In reality, my psych professor doesn't talk about psychology at all, or he didn't for the first 3 weeks anyway.
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He spent an entire THREE HOURS talking...
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<p>So which is it? Did this all happen in the first three weeks? Or was it a three hour class? What has been taught since then? An intro. to psych course will deal with sexuality at some point. But if he was turning an entire intro. to psych course into sex, that would be a problem. But don't make accusations without telling the entire story.</p>
<p>Not at all. If anything, sexual psych should have come AFTER certain units like neuro because you have to understand what's going on in the brain first to understand the brain activity during sex.. </p>
<p>But if that was only for the first 3 weeks and he covered other things for the rest of the semester, I would just let it go. If his behavior carried on through the semester, I would complain to the dean of student affairs. This kind of talk, I would imagine, might have made several students of different religious and cultural backgrounds very uncomfortable and it's against their student rights to be respected by professors of their boundaries.</p>