Teenage boys asked to masturbate for high school "experiment"

Submitted by Minuteman on Mon, 2011-02-21 01:45

Link here. Excerpt:

'Jamie Oliver's new TV series has been criticised in Britain after two teenage boys were asked to give sperm samples they later studied in a science class.

The controversial scenes will air on Channel 4 next month as part of Jamie's Dream School, a reality television program that follows the progress of troubled teens sent to a school run by celebrities.

As part of the seven-week series, celebrities were asked to devise classes in their specialty for the school’s 20 students.

In his class, scientist Professor Lord Robert Winston asks two boys aged 16 to 18 to leave the room to produce a sperm sample.

His students are then asked to compare the samples under a microscope with the sperm of animals, including horses and pigs.'

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Hmm....
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it is distasteful and I would never give my boys permission to give a sample. but I will put it on the pro/con scale....

Pros: gets student's attention to provide a good biology lesson. Lessons the stigma of masturbation.

Cons: could result in teasing for the boys, sexually biased as I doubt they would ever ask girls to masturbate for the sake of a biology lesson, does not teach boys to protect/value their reproductive material (you should not provide it just because someone asks for it).

So I come up with more "cons" than "pros" . I fault the parents for giving permission. I would teach my kids to never give any such samples unless under court order. (and even then, hire an attorney).

Also did anyone ever think of what it would be like if a boy had abnormal sperm (male infertility is usually a result of sperm that can't swim do to irregular shape or tails that don't "wag"). How would a boy like to get that news in front of all his classmates.

Keep in mind this was for a reality TV show, not a regular high school, so already the parents are showing poor judgement by putting their troubled teenagers on TV.

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Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2011-02-22 05:42

you could do a study that would tell you that this type activity helps overactive boys to calm down in class, afterwards of course.

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Submitted by daveinga on Wed, 2011-02-23 03:58