Social networks in Iran have been flooded with compromising footage featuring several known ultra-conservative officials engaging in homosexual activities. While homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, the Iranian regime has attempted to deny the videos and cover up the scandals. We spoke to a former religious authority who says authorities are trying to “save face” by refuting the wave of videos.
The world will be a better place when leaders are subject to the same rules and treated the same as citizens.
In Iran it is commonly known that the religious elite are, like the Catholic hierarchy but probably more brazenly due to their political dominance in Iran, filled with sexual predators.
It's a practice, for instance, to engage in 'temporary marriages' (which the Iranian religious establishment thinks is justifiable based on tradition) with women (and young girls) at what are in practice brothels, which are then protected by religious law in virtue of being technically temporary marriages.
This should've been their default claim, living behind the times. And time's a guy too
I am convinced that any person who is homophobic is gay deep inside
On 2:
We hate what we fear. Study Finds That Homophobic People Are Actually More Likely To Be Gay
Netta Weinstein, a lecturer at the University of Essex and the study's lead author, said that these individuals "may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves".
There are a bunch of studies like this. I don't know if anyone has done a systematic review to bring them all together in one read.
It's important to note that there is no implication that every homophobe is secretly gay, just statistically more likely to be than less performatively toxic individuals. Some homophobes are insecure in their masculinity (or femininity) for other reasons and so hide behind a parody of what they think masculinity (or femininity) is.
The other important (and AFAIK, consistent) aspect of these studies is that they were taught to hate themselves:
"Those people who have such discrepancies, who have really a split between their unconscious attraction and what they consciously say about themselves, are more likely to come from authoritarian homes."
"If you are a parent who really believes your child should be straight, and when you use whatever means you can to convince them them that they're only good and worthy if they are, that would be very controlling and it creates a lot of conflict in the child."
Point 1: absolutely agree, however
There has been too many verified accounts of loud homophobes engaging in homosexual behavior to just brush off as a coincidence.
We should be able to talk about that without getting into dangerous territory. How? Not sure.
Big surprise here, suck a shame they trap themselves in the closet even more
It's a classic cycle. Because some have gay leanings they see everything homosexual as a sinful temptation and assume it's the same for everyone else. The people must be protected against that perceived temptation so it must be forbidden. Meanwhile they fight against their own nature and succumb sometimes, which makes them repeat the cycle.
Sucks to be a bigot ig, glad I wasn’t enslaved to any religious ideologies
I’m not buying it. For one thing, there’s a ton of porn falsely labeled Iranian or Saudi or Afghan, because they’re advertising it as taboo or scandals. It almost never is.
This is a dumb article talking about a politician in a sex scandal and trying to make it sound like an epidemic against an entire government.
You should read the whole article if you're going to post something that relies on knowing what it says,
Why do you assume I didn’t read it? I did. There’s no verification it’s the same person. Man with black hair and a beard, describes most of Iran.
Because you clearly didn't read it. And still haven't read it. What is the point of posting like this?
