Let’s Talk About Sex

Com 497- class review

I recently had an appointment to meet with my advisor in order to plan my fall and spring semesters next year. When we went over what classes I was taking she was shocked when I mentioned this one. Her response was similar to, “You’re in a porn class? You’re a girl! Mostly guys take that class. What do you do in it anyways?” Obviously since I’m a business major most of the business advisors aren’t very aware of what goes on in Com classes. When I explained to her what we did and what the class was about she understood why I was taking it. I managed to shatter her impression that we only watched pornography in our lectures. Actually her response was similar to the response that I got from most of my friends when they found out I was taking this class. They had been told about this class by some of their guy friends, however, apparently their guy friends had mislead them and made them believe that in this class we mainly watch pornography. Another misconception that I heard about this class was that for our final we would have to produce our own pornography movie. I’m sure there are many other variations of these misconceptions about this course.

My friend initially convinced me to take this class with her, because she said that it sounded interesting. I didn’t think that it would necessarily be that interesting because generally I don’t watch much, if any, pornography. However, after the first couple of lectures I was hooked. This was one of my favorite classes, not only because it expanded my view on the world but also because it left behind many of the typical academic rules and regulations while still teaching us important information. I learned more in this class than all my other classes combined mainly because it was taught in an interesting and educational way. I also liked the fact that I could watch the lectures whenever it was convenient for me, which made me watch all of them from start to finish.

This class defiantly exceeded my expectations. I didn’t think that I would learn nearly as much as I did, or that we would touch on so many interesting topics. I not only learned about how pornography has helped shape the technology that we have today, but also about how laws work. I even learned, to some extent, how laws were formed and enforced. I would defiantly recommend this class to my friends that have never taken it, but I know that it won’t be offered in the future. Thanks for an amazing semester!