Gay Norway
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Gay Norwegian youth in general find it difficult to imagine themselves living a non-heterosexual life. In place of that existence, suicide is considered by some a “reasonable” reaction to having to face a future as a homosexual. One analysis of teaching and textbooks in Norwegian schools points to three approaches to understanding Noregian gay peoples’ reluctance to imagining themselves as non-heterosexual:
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the double message of homotolerance
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the self-evidence of heterosexuality
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the absence of non-heterosexual futurescapes
Absolute, stable, and predetermined identities tend to produce an experience of fundamental difference. The combination of an absolute and immersive identity and futurescapes where this particular identity does not fit in or is absent, may create a feeling of total hopelessness that makes suicide seem like a reasonable solution.[nb]Åse Røthing and Stine Svendsen, "Homotolerance and Heterosexuality as Norwegian Values," Journal of LGBT Youth 7, no. 2 (May 7, 2010): 147-166, doi:10.1080/19361651003799932. http://tiny.cc/10eeqx[/nb]
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That is a rather neutral article, does it have a point? ???
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That's very sad! As crappy as it can be being gay in America it sounds it may be better than even what we'd otherwise consider to be fairly progressive European or Scandinavian countries.
