Although Duve opposed Schaffer's treatment by the university, he questioned the content of the course, saying that there wasn't enough substance and that it was more "group therapy" than academic work.

After researching the curriculum, he said, "My conclusion was that the class was entirely too frivolous to be part of any university's curriculum."

Duve said that students should have learned about sexually transmitted diseases in middle or high school and that "the university can't be expected to fulfill that very basic function."

Instead, he said, students should learn from the readings of major thinkers on the issue, from Plato to Kinsey.

"We have to look at what a university class should be," he said.