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Social Landscapes: A Conservative Turn for Russian Gender and Sexuality Education

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This chapter explores the influence of social landscapes, focusing on Russian gender and sexuality (G&S) education under a conservative turn. While the policy banning of ‘propaganda of homosexuality’ declared by the authorities should change public opinion against homosexuality and gender equality in theory, this chapter shows policy is only the beginning of Russian debates. Drawing on interview and survey data, this chapter shows that the laws have not stabilised the narratives of how to deal with gender and sexualities in education completely; and that the Russian education system’s attempts at inculcation of the younger generation in some ways inspired youth curiosity.

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  1. Laboratory for Anti-Corruption Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Dmitrii S. Tolkachev

  2. Candidate of Sciences (Political Science), Moscow, Russian Federation

    Varvara M. Vasileva

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  1. Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Tiffany Jones

  2. Faculty of Arts and Education , Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia

    Leanne Coll

  3. Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Lisa van Leent

  4. School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    Yvette Taylor

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Tolkachev, D.S., Vasileva, V.M. (2019). Social Landscapes: A Conservative Turn for Russian Gender and Sexuality Education. In: Jones, T., Coll, L., van Leent, L., Taylor, Y. (eds) Uplifting Gender and Sexuality Education Research. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24205-3_2

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