Princeton will offer classes on BDSM and fetishism

Princeton University will begin offering BDSM and fetish classes to its students in 2023. Ivy League leftists may one day demand student loan forgiveness with a transcript that includes classes such as ” Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” and “Anthropology of Religion: Fetishism and Decolonization”.

A course catalog from Ivy League University reveals that “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” and “Anthropology of Religion: Fetishism and Decolonization” will be offered to students in 2023.

“Black Queer BDSM material culture resists contextualization over biographical narratives due to the underground elements of community,” reads the course description for the BDSM-focused class.

Students will also need to read books like “The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography” by Ariane Cruz and “A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography” by Mireille Miller-Young.

The course “will also consider the fragility of archival engagement with these communities by examining existing BDSM archives in research libraries, community groups, and individuals and their personal ephemera,” the description adds.

As for “Anthropology of Religion: Fetishism and Decolonization,” students should read “On the Cult of Fetishist Gods” by Charles De Brosses, and “The Fetishism of Commodities and Their Secret” by Communist philosopher Karl Marx, among others. securities.

“This course introduces students to the anthropology of religion and a key field debate on fetish,” reads the course description. “Students will learn about the colonial history of the study of religion and the role of fetishism in it.”

“They will acquire the tools to critically intervene in ongoing conversations about race, sexuality, cultural difference, and decolonization by learning about debates about fetishism in anthropology, critical theory, and black and queer studies. “, adds the description.

This isn’t the first time the subject of BDSM and fetishism has found its way onto a college campus.

In 2020, Indiana University Bloomington held its annual on-campus “sex fest,” which included “kink” sex toys, as well as demonstrations of bondage, discipline, dominance, and submission (BDSM ). In a video posted by a student, a man could be seen publicly paddling with a woman tied to a St. Andrew’s cross in a dormitory.

In 2019, Ohio State University hosted “Sex Week” during Valentine’s Day week, which even included an event on the use of sex toys, as well as a Planned Parenthood-sponsored conference on abortion. .

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