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MasterZChicago -> NCSF Media Update December 16, 2004 (12/16/2004 9:38:33 PM)
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National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
December 16, 2004
http://www.ncsfreedom.org
[email protected]
1. Cuffs ready to take fight to Iowa court
2. Real Kinsey more sadist than scientist
3. Hanging In The Balance
Cuffs ready to take fight to Iowa court
by Tom Barton
Iowa State Daily
December 13, 2004
Unsatisfied with the outcome of their extensive appeals within Iowa
State's judicial process and holding little hope for a successful appeal
before the Board of Regents, Cuffs is preparing to take its battle to the
courtroom.
The Board of Regents is scheduled to hear the ISU organization's appeal at
its meeting Thursday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. There is
doubt, however, that the regents will even hear the appeal. Some support a
memorandum submitted to board members by the board's executive director
and its Legal Affairs and Human Resources Department calling for the
regents to deny the group's request for an appeal.
Board of Regents staff could not comment on the recommendation or the
group's case, stating that it is board policy not to comment on student
appeals and litigation for reasons of protecting individuals' rights to
have their educational records kept confidential, as required under
federal law.
Some regents have openly expressed their support for the university's
decision to prohibit the kinds of demonstrations that were determined to
be in violation of Student Disciplinary Regulations and Iowa law.
Cuffs, a campus organization with the goal of teaching safe sadism and
masochism, was investigated by the Office of Judicial Affairs after a Nov.
10, 2003, meeting during which group president Duane Long flogged a
clothed volunteer to demonstrate how to properly and safely perform BDSM.
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http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/13/41bd21147abf1
To respond, write to: [email protected] or comment at bottom of
article
Real Kinsey more sadist than scientist
by Richard Kirk
Los Angeles Daily News
December 11, 2004
According to Bill Condon's recently released film bearing the sex
researcher's surname, Alfred Kinsey was a flawed hero -- a man handicapped
by the insensitivity of an overbearing father, and who courageously
struggled to liberate repressed Americans from the tyranny of cultural
Puritanism.
Condon's portrait is replete with warts, but warts we mostly understand.
Beyond these faults we see a dedicated entomologist whose quirky
fascination with gall wasps eventually metamorphosized into single-minded
exploration of human sexuality. We sense a basically decent man who, in
order to free himself and others from the shackles of ignorant
religiosity, doggedly followed the facts wherever they took him.
Various biographical sources tell another story.
The real Kinsey was obsessed with sex -- not just scientifically curious
about it. Condon's film does show the doctor having a sexual relationship
with a young male assistant who later made love to Kinsey's wife, but
viewers are led to believe that Kinsey's tryst with his young subordinate
was an unexpected novelty. Indeed, the film portrays Kinsey as the passive
party who nervously, then passionately, accepts the erotic invitation of
his young subordinate -- an implausible role for the imperious professor
whose intimacy with male assistants at the institute was nothing unusual.
Similarly, the movie shows a disconsolate Kinsey sitting regretfully in
his bathroom after an act of self-mutilation. But this belated scene
doesn't leave the impression that masochism was, for the institute's
founder, a libidinal staple. A segment showing the professor suspended in
midair, clutching a rope that extended around an elevated pipe and was
tied to his scrotum, would give viewers a more vivid impression of
Kinsey's sexual demons. It would also leave them less sanguine about the
doctor's scientific credibility.
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http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24781~2591541,00.html
To respond, write to: the author at [email protected] or the editors at
[email protected]
Hanging In The Balance
by Delano
DelanoBound.com
November, 2004
Less than a month after The Election and I'll admit I'm feeling more than
a little disappointed with the outcome. Needless to say, I was hoping for
a non-Bush win and swing back towards the center for our national
ideology. We who produce sites like mine (and those that are much more
sexual/graphic in nature) are right on the forefront of the national
debate over free speech and obscenity. By virtue of it's very nature, the
current Administration is not my friend. It's not your friend, either, if
you -- as a consenting adult -- enjoy visiting Websites such as mine.
Granted, I don't think I'm on any government "hit list". After all, I
don't have any full-frontal nudity, simulated or real sexual acts, or any
of the other "red flags" that will get other sites in trouble. Oh. Wait.
This is a site about bondage. So maybe I will raise an eyebrow or two with
the powers that be. Despite the fact that this site is my personal,
spiritual, emotional exploration via the physical catalyst of rope
bondage, under the current tenants of the CDA (Communications Decency Act)
if someone in Mississippi or Utah wandered past my disclaimer and warning
and found these pages offensive to their "community standards" of decency,
I could be prosecuted -- even though I'm based in New York, where the
community standards are different. Scary.
Fortunately, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) and Barbara
Nitke are fighting for my right to have this Website untouched by
censorship. They are currently waiting for a panel of judges to decide
their case against the CDA. If they win, then the case goes to the Supreme
Court and we have a chance of getting the second pillar of the CDA struck
down. That possible ray light notwithstanding, I have a feeling it's going
to be a long four years for those of us who desire true freedom of speech
and civil rights I encourage you to visit the NCSF site and if you agree
with what they're trying to do, send them a donation, no matter how small.
It's an important case and they need our help.
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.delanobound.com/dbound_free/preview.htm
To respond, write to: [email protected]
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