Scandal: sexual humiliation of girls in a Hungarian secondary school’s freshman camp
Up until some days ago, a video shot in the 2020 freshman camp of the Neumann János Secondary School was available on YouTube. One of the shots showed a bunch of boys standing with their legs apart, with a banana hanging on a string tied around their waist, and female students were lying on the ground below them, trying to catch the banana only using their mouth.
Freshman camps of secondary schools and universities have quite a long tradition in Hungary. Moreover, this is not the first occasion that something scandalous happens during one of them.
At least that is what the video showed, although it was rather hard to tell what could have been the point of the task exactly.
Telex.hu reached out to the school in question about the video, asking them who came up with the tasks, who supervised their execution, and what exactly the objective of the scene with the banana shown in the picture below was. They were curious about the circumstances of the shot and whether parents gave permission for these scenes and actions to be shown publicly about their children.
Mihály Sipos,
the headmaster of the school, confirmed that the video was indeed shot by students during their traditional freshmen camp
that started several decades ago. The planning and execution of the programmes are the responsibility of the students put in charge, with the help and supervision of teachers.
“The task with the banana was far from containing any sexual purpose, and none of the students, nor their parents, said it was humiliating for them.”
However, when a student and a headmaster from another similar school reached out to them, “it thus became a big deal”, which was investigated, and the video was removed.
The headmaster of the school involved added that they have always aimed to keep these programmes with the objective of forming a sense of community under control, and they have never had any bad experiences.
“I believe that considering the incriminated video as sexual and calling the “task” a sexual game is an exaggeration,”
writes the headmaster in his letter.
“We constantly pay attention to students’ use of the internet and of its dangers. According to my view, we do it effectively but not perfectly. Complete surveillance of private actions is impossible,” he added, probably referring to the fact that the video got uploaded to YouTube.
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Source: telex.hu
HAVE THESE OLD FOGIES HEARD OF THE “ME TOO” MOVEMENT?
FOR WOMEN IT STARTS WITH BEING SUBJECTED TO DEMEANING EXPECTATIONS THAT PRETEND TO BE JUST FUN & GAMES AS CHILDREN. IT IS A WAY TO GROOM GIRLS & WOMEN TO WORK HARD TO MAKE MEN HAPPY AND NOT RESPECT THEIR OWN DISCOMFORTS, THEIR ADHERANCE TO SELF RESPTECT AND TO NOT SPEAK UP WHEN THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT INTO ANY SITUATIONS WHICH MAKE THEM LOOK FOOLISH OR PRUDISH OR NOT FUN. YOUTH DO ANYTHING TO BE POPULAR, AS DO YOUNG ADULTS.
TEENS ARE NOT SOPHISTICATED OR WORLDLY ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY ACTIONS ARE DOWN THE ROAD. SURELY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CHARGE WHO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TURNED A CORNER IN SOCIETY AND EXPECT PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS TO BE RESPECTED AND TREATED WITH DIGNITY, EVEN WHEN HAVING TEAM BUILDING EXCERSIZES. TEAM BUILDING IS ABOUT TRUST. HOW CAN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL TRUST FOR ONE ANOTHER AFTER MISGUIDING ONE ANOTHER.
THE DAYS OF ‘FREE-FOR-ALLS’ WHERE FEMALES ARE PUT INTO UGLY CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS DESCRIBED IS LONG GONE. EVEN KIDS DUNKING FOR APPLES AT HALLOWEEN PARTIES NO LONGER TAKES PLACE.
I agree with Ilona’s comment. And, as man, i always wondered why so many women in so many countries still passively accept being: paid less than man, sexually exploited, sexistly treated and portrayed and systematically humiliated, harrassed etc.etc.
Just look at tv commercials…
Man: fancy cars, nice attires, macho appearence etc.
Woman: menstruation problems, intestine and constipation problems, private parts’ issues, body odour issues etc.etc.
It is a shame.
It is a fact that many women are taught from early in life that their feelings don’t count. That they have to be the one in any group of any age to be kind, to entertain, to comply, to smile when told to….this conditioning is reinforced once they start to date if the boy that they choose has a mother who is not only a ‘door mat’ but actually takes pride in always putting the needs of others, especially her sons, husband, his parents before her own feelings or needs are met. Then comes the victim ideology that is used to manipulate people around them to get their own way in a passive aggressive way rather than saying honestly “I need you to do this by this time for me”. It is complicated but it is important that people change away from these old practices because it dehumanizes both women and men.