Madison Law School Sex Toy Seminar

This is a classic failure to communicate.

A seminar at UW-Madison Law School was canceled, then "un-canceled."

The confusion was over the fear that sex toys would be for sale. University officials don't have a problem with sex toys per se. They were concerned about their sale. It's against student rules to use university facilities to sell commercial products.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A sex toys seminar planned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School was canceled by school officials last week over fears products would be offered for sale.

Law School Dean Kenneth Davis now says there was a misunderstanding and the Sex Toys 101 event can be held as long as no commercial products are promoted or sold.

The Wisconsin Law Students for Reproductive Justice sent law school administrators a complaint this week, arguing the event was canceled without "justification or consultation."

The administration's actions also "disregarded the Law School's duty to foster that freedom" of expression, the students' complaint claims.

School administrators were concerned the event would violate student rules barring the use of university facilities to sell commercial products, Davis said.

The forum was to feature a presentation by A Woman's Touch Sexuality Resource Center, which organizers said fits with their mission to promote women's sexual and reproductive health through education.

A notice of the event said "the lecture will provide tips and tricks as well as information about health, hygiene, satisfaction, and yes, the law, of sex toys."

Student organizers had not planned to allow the sale of products. But Davis said they didn't tell administrators that, which led to the cancellation just hours before the event was to take place on April 23.

Once administrators learned students did not intend to sell products, they "un-canceled" the event the same day, Davis said.

Maria June Selsor, chairwoman of the organizing group, said the event won't happen this academic year since classes are ending this week, but it may be rescheduled for next semester.

What's weird is that administrators assumed sex toys would be for sale even though student organizers weren't going to be selling.

Where did the administrators get the idea that the seminar would be like a sex toy Tupperware party?

It's a shame that an enlightening seminar on the law of sex toys was canceled over this misunderstanding.