Since cook, Apple's president, announced his coming out, Russia's reaction seems to be particularly strong. The giant monument of Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, standing on the campus of St. Petersburg University, has been removed. To a certain extent, this has reflected the extreme discrimination against homosexuality in Russia, which is why this action was induced!
The Steve Jobs memorial was built in January 2013 at the initiative of the Western European financial union. It's a 2-meter-high iPhone with an interactive touch screen that plays a brief biography of jobs, as well as photos and videos about him. More content, please pay attention to WeChat official account: www4hw
Why the monument to jobs in Russia was demolished
The news center of "Western European financial union" explained that the removal of the monument was mainly based on two considerations: one is to implement the Russian federal law on the ban on promoting homosexuality to minors; the other is to protest Apple's providing user information to the US intelligence services.
Discrimination is widespread
In 1993, homosexuality gained legal status in Russia, but the forces and emotions of hating and discriminating against homosexuality still exist universally.
According to a 2010 survey conducted by the Levada center, an independent polling agency, 74% of Russians believe that homosexuals are 'abnormal' and 'mentally handicapped'.
Russia's population has dropped from 145.2 million in 2002 to 142.9 million in 2010, according to the Federal Bureau of statistics of Russia. Putin said: 'we are quite tolerant of homosexuals, but we believe that this country should encourage childbearing and support mothers and children. 'what do you think of Cook's coming out? It seems that many people in China are holding a more ironic attitude, one after another joking, why Apple 6 will be bent, the original reason is this!