Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is facing backlash over a government decree effectively prohibiting gender studies courses in all universities across the country. Orban’s administration believes the courses are rooted in “ideology,” rather than science. […]
The decree, which was signed by Orban and brought into effect on Saturday, sees gender studies dropped from a list of masters degrees programs entitled to official accreditation and financial support from the government.
It also bars schools from starting new courses on the subject, but it does allow students who have already begun such courses to complete them.
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen asserted that gender studies “has no business [being taught] in universities” because it is “an ideology, not a science,” according to Agence France-Presse.
Semjen reportedly asserted that labor market demand for gender studies graduates was “close to zero” as “no one wants to employ a gender-ologist.”
When the Hungarian government originally proposed the ban in August, Gergely Gulyas, who is Orban’s chief of staff, asserted that the administration was “of the clear view that people are born either men or women. They lead their lives the way they think best, but beyond this, the Hungarian state does not wish to spend public funds on education in this area,”
according to Reuters.
Hungary’s leader Orban bans gender studies in universities because it’s “not a science”
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