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Utilising copy-and-paste methods could be harmful to your career, especially if the links shared are not double checked. Drexel University law professor Lisa McElroy discovered that too late.

McElroy copy and pasted by mistake a link to a porn video about anal beads in an email to students about writing briefs. She wrote, “I thought this article on brief writing would be interesting to all of your,” the New York Post quotes the professor from Philadelphia.

The link instead leads to a PornHub video titled SHE LOVES HER ANAL BEADS. The teaser is a solo sex free video that runs for about three minutes that show close up shots of a female genital and anus. However, the longer and full video requires payment.

Also called Thai beads, anal beads are a series of beads attached to a string or a solid piece of soft rubber used for anal penetration. The beads could be of the same size or progresses from small to large. At the end, there is a handle, usually a large hoop, to prevent the whole string from slipping into the entire rectum.

The university is conducting an internal investigation on the incident. McElroy, who teaches legal writing and teaching methods at the university’s Thomas R. Kliner School of Law, went on leave while the incident is under investigation.

Above the Law, which initially published the report about McElroy, pointed out that the professor could have been hacked. It noted her extensive experience in legal pedagogy and legal writing.

The university, in a statement, said that being placed on administrative leave while under investigation, is not punitive.

To contact the writer, email: v.hernandez@ibtimes.com.au