‘I’ll have you naked by the end of this… lecture!!’ – teacher
An assistant professor at a university in the eastern Jiangsu province of China received a reprimand by a Chinese minister of culture after stripping during a lecture on ‘body art’.
The 56-year-old man, Mo Xiaoxin, got a bit carried away when attempting to convey to his shocked students the ‘power’ of the human body. In order to demonstrate his point, Mo, who was reportedly ‘emotionally excited’ at the time, undid his belt and removed his pants, then stood naked in the middle of the lecture hall.
Many of the students were uncomfortable with this unexpected display, and were uncertain how to respond or where to look.
Mo also organised four other models – two elderly and two younger people, of both sexes, to strip as part of his lecture which was aimed at challenging certain taboos. The lecture was in the context of a course held at the cutting edge ‘Human Body Art and Culture’ research institute – the first of its kind in China.
The professor took things even further by extending an invitation to the students and teachers present to remove their clothes too.
Tian Junting, the cultural minister in question, said “There are no taboos in the field of research, but to do this directly in the course of teaching is obviously not appropriate”.
He added that the course was still in a “research phase” and said it is unclear at this stage whether it had produced “positive or negative effects”.