Freedom of speech / creativity question

[LaTristesseDuera]

If someone on a Creative Writing Master's course produces a dissertation which is about incest, and specifically includes references to child-on-child sexual activity are there any grounds to make representations to the University about the quality of supervision?

Obviously I know this is a huge grey area, there is freedom of expression// creativity / opinion to consider.

But is it well judged for a university to provide supervision for a novel about incest, including scenes relating to child sexual activity?

This is a genuine, real life question, relating to a recent dissertation. If university ethics committees have shut down research into transitioning is there any kind of ethics related to creative writing in universities?

Or is it just AOK to write creative literature about children engaging in sexual activity?

To be fair I'm not sure this is a feminist issue.
Maybe try on "Higher Education" board?

I would have thought creative writing will cover a broad range of subjects.

Sorry, I didn't meant to post this here! Force of habit. I was going to post in chat, didn't lnow there was a Higher Ed board. Thanks!

We've moved it for you now, OP.

I think it would be awful if universities tried to censor topics in creative writing so I hope there are no rules against people writing what they choose.

I don't know, but would be interested to see the responses.

There's certainly popular fiction out there that contain depictions of child on child sex ('It' springs to mind) and incest (Flowers in the Attic, Game of Thrones) and books that contain harrowing descriptions of child sex abuse (A Little Life) and these are all very mainstream.

Good point, clash city.

The person who wrote the story was sexually inappropriate with me when I was a child so obviously I have a skewed perspective on it.