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Tennessee school cancels workshop: ‘Not a college-sanctioned event’\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A BDSM sex workshop to be hosted by a campus chaplain and taught by a dominatrix was canceled this month at Rhodes College in Tennessee after sparking backlash.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Beatrix Weil, a Presbyterian Church USA pastor and chaplain at the private college, organized the BDSM 101 workshop to be held on campus, FOX 13 reported<\/a>. BDSM stands for erotic behavior involving bondage, domination\/discipline, sadism, and masochism.<\/p>\n

“Chaplain Beatrix will host a local dominatrix to share wisdom on how to safely, sanely and consensually learn about bondage, discipline-domination, sadism-submission and masochism. There will be an opportunity to ask questions anonymously,” according to an event invitation obtained by FOX 13.<\/p>\n

But the workshop never took place. In a statement, the college said administrators at the Presbyterian-affiliated school canceled the event after they learned of it. \u201cIt was not a college-sanctioned event. No such event is planned for our campus,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n

However, Weil did teach a first-year seminar, \u201cLet\u2019s Talk About Sex,\u201d this fall where she welcomed a dominatrix to speak to students, National Review<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Rhodes student who spoke to National Review<\/em> on condition of anonymity said Weil\u2019s \u201csex class\u201d is one of the courses first-year students can take to fulfill a mandatory requirement to graduate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a person of faith on campus, I was appalled to see the chaplain promote such acts that are obviously incongruent with the faith she supposedly represents,\u201d the student said.<\/p>\n

Another student, Coleman Clay, told FOX 13 said he also was shocked to hear of the BDSM workshop.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think anything sexual like that or any seminar like that should be held on a college campus,\u201d Clay said. \u201cEven though this is a private school and they can get away with it, I don\u2019t think that that belongs here, especially at Rhodes where I go. I\u2019m not proud of it.”<\/p>\n

Weil is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary with a master of divinity and certificate in theology, women and gender, according to her bio on the college website. She became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is committed to extending hospitality to Rhodes College students of every background \u2013 religious and non-religious alike,\u201d the college website states. \u201cChaplain Beatrix is a \u2018safe zone,\u2019 which means she is trained in supporting people of the LGBTQIA+ community. She would love to meet with you in her office, over tea, on the basketball court, or out on campus for a walk!\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE: \u2018Whiteness is terror\u2019 prof hired at Rhodes College<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IMAGE: Fox 13 Memphis screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

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