Summary:
In
Russia, a teacher’s photo was released all over the Russian social media due to
an anti-gay activist from St. Petersburg releasing it on his profile along with
the name of the individual and their place of employment. The teacher intended
for this photo of her kissing another woman to remain private, as she made the
photo inaccessible to the public. Somehow the photo got into the wrong hands,
and with this, the release of this photo began to spread awareness to the
parents, of the children who attend the school, of the teacher’s personal
sexual life. With awareness of the sexual orientation of the teacher came
complaint after complaint from the parents as well as eventual dismissal of the
teacher. With reason of dismissal from the teaching position being
discrimination of sexual orientation, one would assume that the court would be
on the professor’s side, but this was not the case. The Russian court rejected
the teacher’s complaint and the teacher is facing the consequences of being
different from the dominant culture.
Analysis:
This
article is an interesting representation about how socialization can negatively
impact an individual and the group they are a part of. It seems that people
tend to be more accepting of homosexual relationships and acts based off how
the laws are constructed and enforced. In this article particularly, Human
rights groups have blamed a Russian law against “gay propaganda” or the
increasing rate of homophobia Russia and I would have to agree. If a country is
against a certain behavior, in this case homosexual behavior, they construct societies
that reflect their beliefs. Laws and the addition of laws show where the
country is heading to. Russia started off not approving of homosexuals and
their practices and by enforcing more laws that prohibit the development and
expansion of homosexuality, there are going to be more homosexuals “in the
closet” as well as develop a society that discriminates homosexuality.
Karen
Bent
April
24th 2015
1:52PM
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