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But a former student of Bryson’s “Women’s Studies 425” course at UBC in 1991 says Bryson forced the students to declare their sexual orientation, liked to “spring violent pornography” on them and taught that “all sex with men is inherently violent.”

Thursday, through a letter from her lawyer, Lisa Martz, Bryson denied some of the specifics of what the woman says, in particular that she forced students to declare their sexual orientation or that she said all sex with men was violent.

But Bryson acknowledged other incidents did occur.

Among the pornography Bryson showed, the woman says, was “Butch/Femme in Paradise,” a short video that contains graphic “fisting.” Bryson agreed the film was screened, but said it is “an art film” and that the activities in it were “entirely consensual.”

The former student describes classes that were harrowing, especially for a young woman, then 21, from a small Ontario town.

On one occasion, she says, a guest speaker suddenly dropped her pants, stood before the class naked from the waist down, “and showed us her black satin strap-on penis.”

“Yes, this really happened.

“The students sat there in stunned, awkward silence. We had no idea what to say, what to do or where to look.”

Bryson confirmed the incident but said “the presenter unexpectedly showed a dildo” while demonstrating the correct way to use condoms. “Dr. Bryson had no advance knowledge” the presenter would do that, her lawyer says, “and intervened as quickly as possible to stop the demonstration.”