Students: Please open your booksโฆ and your legs? The world's first sex school, aptly called the Austrian International School of Sex, is now open in Austria. With a curriculum that "is not theoretical, but very practical," the AISOS aims to be the first institution to offer degrees in applied sexuality.
As touted on its website, "we teach hands on. A sex schoolโฆ really? An "enterprising" Swedish artist is behind the idea, which is, according to the U. Anyone can enroll if they're over the age of 16, the age of consent in much of Europe.
In a statement on the school's website , founder and headmistress Ylva-Maria Thompson says, "You have trained your mind, your muscles, your fitness, but how much have you you spent developing your skills at what really mattersโฆ love? What is the course load like?
AISOS teaches each pupil "how to be a better lover," according to its mission statement, through a curriculum focused on "sexual positions, caressing techniques, [and] anatomical features. Classes are held mostly in German. There are exams at the end of the term that students must pass. Of course, contraception is available at no extra cost, and, says Nick Jardine at Business Insider , students will board in mixed-sex dormitories, "to make doing homework a little easier.
What makes the school's founder such an expert? Thompson is semi-famous in Sweden, according to the country's The Local. She's best known for hosting "erotic TV" in the '80s and '90s. She gained notoriety as an artist in for her project Anonyma Exhibitionister Exhibistionists Anonymous , in which she cast women's genitals in plaster. The school's spokesperson, Melodi Kirsch, says, "Ylva-Maria has worked for a long time on this idea and has received much encouragement and interest.
