Law prof claims sex column hurts her reputation just by existing

This is from my Poynter page: A University of Montana professor says the campus paper's "Bess Sex Column" (written by Bess Davis [left]) is "embarrassingly unprofessional" and she's threatening to take her complaint to state lawmakers. Lighten up, lady! (Romenesko/Poynter Online)

Comments

[sometimesilie]

Her (the law prof's) position can best be summed up by 3 words, methinks: "Not Gettin' Any"

[sometimesilie]

Also, I'd like to sex that columnist but NOT the law prof.

[G-Man]

I am amazed she managed to have a son. She must have been very reluctant to procreate with a man. I'm imagining she's probably like the mother from the movie Carrie. She probably thinks men are evil and locks her son in the closet for wanting to date girls. Her son will probably get pig entrails thrown on him during a dance and burn down the building with his telekenetic powers.

[RockyMtnMac]

Is the prof a little jealous maybe?

[troschne]

Quick, gang--grab a lump of coal, and let's all head to Montana--in less than a week, we'll all have diamonds!

[lynn]

bess is pretty and young and being honest. i can't pull up any of the writings, but unless they are just tacky, riddled with errors and babbling, then how are they unprofessional??

the proffessor does not have to read the column/blog/thingy

see, this is why i can not be liberal -- somewhere along the line, they seem to lose all common sense and their sense of humor...laughter is the most sexy thing in a man--after his voice, and his eyes for me. SIL that is why you make me blush...:)

[jj2]

OK, her argument is that it makes HER look unprofessional because the student newspaper prints a sex column. Um, honey, what makes you look unprofessional is that you're a law professor who doesn't know there's a first amendment that applies to all newspapers.

[USMerc]

LMAO @ Troschne!!!
STIL--I couldn't play with the columnist either though....she's doesn't eat meat.....Although, I guess I could dress it up like a carrot....

[R]

Looks to me that Juras isn't getting any and she is pissed about it. Someone needs to remove the wad her panties are in....or the stick that's up her backside...

[G-Man]

LOL Trosch... I think you might have a good idea there.

[R]

Yep, Bess looks hot...that's probably why she writes the column. People, at least drooling guys, listen to hot girls...

[USMerc]

...I'm sorry R....Did you say something???I was busy um....listening to RMM, Lynn, Cherie, Twerp, and ...well...

[Jim]

paint it green and say its a cucumber!

[Phranqlin]

The professor is being embarrassingly unprofessional for getting wound up about the sex column in the first place. All she's done is call attention to it and make herself look like a bitchy prude; if she'd laughed it off ("Students ... what will they think of next?!?") nobody would have cared.

I bet all the sex advice she ever got was to lie back and think of England.

[lynn]

oh merc!!! you think i am a hotty like rmm, cherie and twerp...you are so sweet.

smoochies to you. :)

[Kitchen]

There's not enough info to make a call, but most college paper sex columns could be labeled as "embarrassingly unprofessional", and not because of the subject matter.

[ReginaFilangee]

Lady, it might hurt your reputation just by existing if it were your own personal publication. But it's not. It's a campus paper. So get over it.

[LimeGreenLizard]

I must say Bess is hot... But I know someone who's hotter. *sigh*

RMM, you have mail...

Merc, are you feeling as squishy today as me? Sounds like it, dude.

[Caffeinated Katie]

Hmmm...a professor with a stick up her ass...a profsicle, perhaps?

[millsapian87]

>see, this is why i can not be liberal -- somewhere along the line, they seem to lose all common sense and their sense of humor

Interesting set of assumptions you have there. What makes you think Prof. Juras is liberal? Nothing in the article says that. Besides, your statement encompasses my feelings about conservatives: uptight, no sense of humor, controlling. So there.

[Matt M]

Of course, by calling attention to the issue she enhances the embarassing relationship. Before this happened her name and the sex column name would never have been in the same line.

[waltb]

This is not a First Amendment issue. People seem to forget that the the First Amendment only applies to the federal government.

[cherie]

This is obviously the Lawyer's issue ... Are we to pretend that most college students aren't f*cking like rabbits? I know I did and so did most of the people I knew in college. Having a column where students can ask questions and discuss sex is healthy. This lawyer has some serious pent-up issues regarding sex.
My thought would be she's a lesbian but due to her up bringing has never had the "balls" to come out of the closet. She probably has an issue with the Ellen show too. You're right Jim, she needs to Lighten Up!

[cherie]

love ya USMerc

[kevy]

Jim, your statement is a riot. You get my LOL award of the day.

[WellThen]

"Juras said someone writing a sex column should have a background in sexology, just as someone writing a column about the environment should have an environmental background."

First, there's no real thing called "sexology". Second, does this mean a the crime reporter should have a background in crime?

[USMerc]

Yeah, Lizard...I feel like nothing's real today...Kinda like I'm in a tunnel, and I see the light at the end of it...and DAMN! Again, it's that friggen cannibal holding a lantern!!!

[Lambiepie]

see, this is why i can not be liberal -- somewhere along the line, they seem to lose all common sense and their sense of humor

Being seriously uptight about sex is a conservative behavior
Thinking everything is about 'you' also seems to be a conservative tactic

[lynn]

my goodness. my generalizing assumptions have touched nerves. my deepest apologies.

let me rephrase it: this is why i do not want to be a liberal or a conservative or swinging to the extremes of any political faction: there comes a place where common sense, humor and sexual relaxation hits a road block and then it just implodes onto itself.

there --is that a leetle bit better???

if the lawyer lady don't like it; then don't read it!!!
i happen to think those silly romance novels about nurses and doctors are stupid; is that a reason to sue and get them off the market??

[some chick]

God love the Kaimin.
What is "embarrassingly unprofessional" is Kristen Juras crying to the Rs in the Legislature because the Constitution of these here United States isn't on her side. They can't rewrite the First Amendment, and she of all people ought to know that. The Kaimin is an independent publication, and neither the university, the Board of Regents, nor the Legislature have any legal right to dictate what appears in its pages, amateur as they may (necessarily) sometimes be.

[LimeGreenLizard]

Well said Lynn, well said.

I have little to say, because all of you who know me know that if it's about sex, I'm all for it.

Merc, very funny! But I'm all squishy because of a certain goddess...

[Navy Chief]

@Lynn - Aren't all you ladies hotties? All of us gents are tall, dark and handsome, after all. ;-)

[Navy Chief]

Good point Some Chick. Some people just have no clue.

[lynn]

i think the other ladies are hotties all the time. i am a mere goddess of the hearth ;until i change into my flame colored gown -- then i am not responsible for any marks or damages left on your mortal bodies.

yes, all the men here are wonderful whether tall, short, dark or fair. each one of you are handsome. some of you are extremely sexy and some of you have very nice accents. :)

[MONKEY JERK]

SUCH IS LIFE .........LIVE WITH IT

[lynn]

@monkeyjerk: are you really buddy in disguise? just wondering,thats all.

[BessDavis]

Well, this is an interesting development...

[twerp]

Yeah well, sometimes my butt itches because dry skin exists but I don't see myself losing my reputation over it unless I broadcast it to the entire planet.....wait a sec....

[twerp]

and I'll gladly accept physical favors from ya'll--except buddy and a couple others. Slather some lotion my way!

[RockyMtnMac]

OMG Twerp! LMAO!
I hate to tell you this, but that reputation thing? Already shot to hell just for hanging around us!

Unless you are the one dragging us under...Hmmm

[Sigh]

Many of these student papers get funding from student fees etc.

I think it is long stretch to think that she will be having one of her studies peer-reviewed, and they say "Your paper is impeccable and it greatly contributes to the body of knowledge, but, well, what is it with that sex columnist for the student paper? We are going to have to reject your submission."

[wank]

If you read the article you will see that one of the professor's complaints is that the newspaper has no criteria for establishing whether the writer of a column is a qualified expert on the subject of the column. What nonsense. Do I have to be an expert on fishing to write a column on fishing? Perhaps that's the point: to get a non-expert's point of view on something. It really amazes me that someone like a professor would expose themselves to such ridicule in this way.

[USMerc]

Yeah, Lizard, the warm and fuzzies hit every now and then for me too, but lately, it's just the cannibal...

[sometimesilie]

Bess, if I am ever in Montana can I come help with your column?

lynn, you know you're hot too! I like Alabama accents better than Montana accents on my women (Bess, I also like your accent)

[RockyMtnMac]

Come here Merc....

[dobie]

Excellent point, Wank.

Perhaps the columnist just needs to prove she's an expert? It looks like we have some volunteers here to proctor the test.

[sometimesilie]

dobie- I have been meaning to volunteer my time lately- didn't the prez call for national public service? I have the best interests of the country, bess, and myself at heart- but not necessarily in that order =)

[sometimesilie]

I'll slap myself...

[Charles Brobst]

She hurts the reputation of humans being
intelligent just by existing!
Seriously, has she never heard of the Bill of Rights, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press?
It's a STUDENT newspaper, not a faculty publication.
She as faculty has nothing to do with it.
But if this works out for her I am going to sue my local paper for all I can get next time they publish something I don't like, on the grounds it hurts my reputation as a resident. Soon it will be unsafe to publish anything in the United States. Goodbye Liberty!
Could we have her arrested for destroying the Constitution? Mr. Obama, we need a new law that imposes public hanging for violating our sacred liberties, such as Freedom of the Press.
WRONG waltb, if the Bill of Rights only protected us from the Feds, then States could impose a Religion. It protects us from the feds and everyone beneath them! Stand up on that chair, my friend, and put that noose around your neck for unAmerican activities and violating the Constitution. (Just kidding, of course)

[lynn]

SIL: i, i , um, dear god it is getting warm in this room. you are a fine man, you know that? i like a northern accent best. here i was about to cry(work has finally gotten me) and here you are making me blush...and ohhh may i slap you, SIL. it won't hurt much i promise

LMAO @ twerp!!