A professor at Northwestern University apologized March 5 for allowing two guest presenters essentially to have sex in front of about 100 students. On Feb. 21, 2011, Professor J. Michael Bailey invited his students to stick around after class for a special guest presentation titled “Networking for Kinky People.” One of the guests was a woman who had fantasized about having an orgasm in front of large groups of people; she disrobed and allowed herself to be stimulated by a man (introduced as her boyfriend) to climax. Bailey never has shied away from controversy, and when the extra-curricular presentation went public, he was at first unruffled. “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watching naked people on stage doing pleasurable things never will hurt you,” he allegedly told another class. As the controversy built, Bailey backpedaled. “I regret upsetting so many people in this particular manner,” he wrote in a statement. “In the 18 years I have taught the course, nothing like the demonstration at issue has occurred, and I will allow nothing like it to happen again.” The statement also largely defended the presentation, insinuating he still doesn’t quite understand what all the fuss was about. “Those who believe there was, in fact, a serious problem have had considerable opportunity to explain why…” he wrote, “but they have failed to do so. Saying the demonstration ‘crossed the line,’ ‘went too far,’ ‘was inappropriate’ or ‘was troubling’ conveys disapproval, but does not illuminate reasoning.” (Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast)