Case Study Of Matrilineal Khasi Society

Sixty one percent of men and more than half of the women fully or partially blamed the woman in case of rape. In matrilineal Khasi society, it is surprising to note that women still blame their female counterparts for being raped. Provocative clothing, especially Western clothing, was the main reason cited for blame. Yet many female participants were wearing the kind of clothes that many conservative Indians elsewhere in India would describe as provocative. This was a seeming contradiction. The existence of loose morals was also used to justify rape. People often tend to blame the female victim, suggesting that she asked to be raped, deserved rape or was not really raped (Burt, 1991). The sex education programme at MLCU emphasised on absolving …show more content…
They were intolerant to homosexual relationships and found it be sinful according to Christian values. Religion has been a link to homophobia and intolerance to homosexual relationships (Ahmad & Bhugra, 2010; Hooghe, Claes, Harell, Quintelier, & Dejaeghere, 2010) and almost all religions denounce same sex relationships as a sin (Sherkat, 2002). It has been demonstrated that Christians hold more negative attitudes toward homosexuals and homosexual relationships (Hooghe et al.,2010; Wolff, Himes, Kwon, & Bollinger, 2012). The majority of the student populations in this study are Christians; religion played a role in influencing the negative attitudes of several indigenous youth towards homosexuality. This negativity towards homosexuality may result in a conflict between the homosexual identity and their religious affiliations (Schuck & Liddle, 2001) and also in an internal struggle of homosexual individuals (Figueroa & Tasker, 2013). Subhi and Geelan (2012) identified depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, alienation, self-blame and guilt as the five common personal effects of conflicts between homosexuality and Christianity. Besides these internal conflict they face some form of harassment (Bowers, Minichiello, & Plummer, …show more content…
For example in this study, post intervention females were accepting of homosexuality to be alright (p<.001) and this change was more prominent than in males. In a study by Hooghe et al., (2010) among nine thousand adolescent in Canada and Belgium, it was also found that men had more hostile feelings towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons (LGBT). Steffens and Wagner (2004) in their study among two thousand heterosexual men and women living in Germany also found that women had more favourable attitudes than men towards homosexuality. These findings can help tailor the session on homosexuality in sex education curriculum whereby more time can be invested and pedagogical changes can be considered for the male students. Perhaps bringing in a homosexual resource person can facilitate the change in attitude and this was one of the predictors in change in attitude as suggested by Steffens and Wagner