My Opinion on Campus Lovers' Expression of Intimacy in Public

It has been frequently reported that a number of universities have adopted a regulation against campus lovers---the school prohibition of PDA, which has triggered a sound discussion. As far as I concerned, there is no more ridiculous regulation like that since it goes against the tendency of the present-day society.

First of all, forbiddance on forbidding college students’ showing affection to their partners violates the Constitution of our country, as this highest law entitles every citizen to have the right to fall in love and display his emotion in the ways that do not infringe on other law-abiding citizens’ legal rights. Thus, the prohibition carried out by the university authority is definitely void in terms of law.

In addition to this, it is prima-facie that this PDA-against regulation has something to do with people’s medieval, feudal mentality. In the feudal society, lovers were not allowed to kiss, to touch, or even to see each other until they got married. So it was widely considered to be immoral for young lovers to act intimacy intimately in public. However, the university or college authorities need to keep pace with this fast-moving era and to relieve themselves from the old-fashioned clog, since the feudal society which had lasted for millennia was thrown over.

Last but not least, this prohibition neglects students’ right to make choices to express their individual affection. This twisted school rule imposes enormous moral burden on young adults, which tries to convince them that public display of affection should be embarrassing and humiliating. The college authority may not mean harm to students, but there is one fact that they should not have ignored: the best way to regulate is not to simply prohibit PDA but to guide college students and to teach them how to express their love in more appropriate way, especially in front of the public.

In conclusion, I strongly argue that the university prohibition of PDA has various flows and it should be abolished. What is more, as the customers of universities, students individual rights to express their affection in public need to be respected and protected.