Austrian International School of Sex

Nowaysis · 30-11-11 01:16:02

I thought it was kind of interesting, but I don't really have anything intelligent to say about the matter, so I'm just going to leave this here...
http://www.aisos.at/http___www.aisos.at/Home.html

*tiptoes away*

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viva · 30-11-11 01:31:00

I just read about this and I want to go be a student AND teacher there. Maybe I just will!

viva · 30-11-11 01:33:16

Looks like I will have to learn german to study, but I can teach without any language at all

blissed · 30-11-11 02:12:00

It would be good to have a degree in applied sexuality It would be even better when that doesn't sound like a joke. it would. Somewhere for sex workers to share knowledge and creativity.

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Nowaysis · 11-01-12 13:19:52

Well, colour me embarrassed. Turns out this whole thing was fake. It was put together by a Swedish advertisement bureau called Studio Total and ordered by the youth branch of Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund, Junge Industrie. Apparently, according to an article in Swedish morning paper Dagens Nyheter (I'll see if I can find an English source later today), they wanted to raise debate about "everything from education to the pension system", because "Austria has had the same government since the war and they simply felt it was time to raise some debate".

Now, playing tricks on the media, and thus society at large is all fun and well, particularly if it's done using a topic that people are a little bit afraid to publicly get too close to, so no one is going to scrutinise it all that much, at the same time as it's the sort of thing that tickles just right. But I don't see how this raises debate about anything to do with the Austrian government or society at large?

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Okay, now it gets confusing. Here's an article from UPI.com published on December 13, making no mention at all of Studio Total, but instead only referencing "The Bird", which according to the later article in Dagens Nyheter was also a front set up by Studio Total. the article on UPI only cites Ylva-Maria Thompson, the Swedish artist who was supposed to be head master of the school.

[AISOS] was a hoax masterminded by The Bird, an Austrian advocacy group, The Local reported Tuesday.
Thompson said The Bird aimed to draw attention to the country's low birth rate.
"I wasn't surprised it got so much attention. Sex still sells," Thompson said.

UPI cites The Local, an online publication reporting on Swedish news in English. Their article also makes no mention of Studio Total, but instead, in hindsight, seems as if Thompson is either trying to spin the whole thing even further while still admitting it's a hoax; or that she's also been had by the advertisement bureau, and truly believes that The Bird exists.

While AISOS won’t end up fulfilling its original billing as a full-blown sex school, the institution will continue to exist as a trade group for sex coaches, according to Thompson, who plans to remain an active member of the institution.

The Local mentions the Swedish media trade publication Resumé as having reported the same story. The source article says pretty much exactly the same things, and Resumé also makes no mention of Studio Total until today, and they cite Dagens Nyheter as their source.

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viva · 12-01-12 00:55:08

I believe that this school will be even more functional and valuable, for having starting as a joke that everyone took very seriously.

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