A photo in which a young university lecturer from the University of Bucharest wears a short skirt, a top, sandals and a hat has caused real hysteria on the Internet. There are thousands of comments, from “it’s his business how he dresses” to “I’m not sending my kids to see something like that”. How did the lecturer react?
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The photo would show the university lecturer Dr. Andrei Nae, who teaches at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Bucharest
“The photo was taken today at the University of Bucharest. In the pictures is university lecturer Dr. Andrei Nae from the English Department. I don’t have a problem with identifying “she”, meaning “her”.
Well boy…how do you present yourself in this garb to the students? That you are also in the admission committee. Pay for it, a tasteful dress. You say you’re the last belter back in time!”, is the message posted by the worldly journalist Mara Bănică, the message that accompanies the photo. The post has been widely shared (over 6,000 shares) and has since garnered over 3,000 comments.
The reaction of the University of Bucharest
The spokesperson of the University of Bucharest, Bogdan Oprea, stated that the professor did not come dressed indecently. “We live in a democratic country. The Lord did not come indecently, exposing things that cannot be exposed. There is a code of ethics and inclusion as required by law, what point of view could I make? We live in a country where people have the freedom to express themselves,” Oprea said.
On the other hand, the representative of the University of Bucharest also specified, the inclusion and gender code does not provide for clothing standards. “Certainly there are no provisions that force you to wear shoes of one color or pants of I don’t know which. The rules are within the law. Such a regulation would be against the Constitution. You cannot issue a regulation that does not respect national legislation”Oprea added.
who is the teacher
According to the presentation on the website of the University of Bucharest,
“dr. Andrei Nae is a lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures where he teaches the master’s course > and the optional course> in addition to seminars on the practice of the English language and American literature. As of 2019, he is the director of the research project “Colonial discourse in video games” funded by UEFISCDI. Andrei Nae has published several studies in the form of books, chapters and articles including the monograph Immersion, Narrative, and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games published by Routledge in 2021″.
Many of those who commented linked, moreover, the clothing in which the teacher would have been surprised by the theme of some of the courses he teaches.
“I don’t think this photo shows the everyday outfit of a university professor on a day giving lectures. But I think it can be an outfit that the professor could have worn to one of the courses he teaches at the University of Bucharest, for example, the one on Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games. My opinion is that we are witnessing a fake news, a manipulative taking a pose out of context. I believe that the answer of the University of Bucharest will clarify the situation and we await it with interest, to see where we stand in the critical thinking that we have”is the comment of the former secretary of state in the Ministry of Education, Prof. Marina Ștefania Manea.
“A student may have pranked him to get revenge! To have processed the photo with Al! We have to admit that it takes some courage to come in front of an audience in this “elegant” wayis another comment.
“And what is the problem? Why so much hate thrown at this man? Maybe in a few years your child will become Costică or like the gentleman in the picture! Then what will you do?” commented another reader of the post.
“Leaving aside the shock of seeing a man dressed as a woman, although it’s definitely the same shock that men had in the past when the woman switched to pants, this is about a job. You don’t come to work like from the field. I see this in my workplace too. You don’t have to be fancy, just decent. It’s a sign of respect for yourself and others. I also see very short skirts with my navel visible. It’s not that he’s dressing as a woman, it’s his pain, I’m sure he’s a man in great pain, but don’t dress like that, you can dress decently and send a message. I would rather go shopping with him to choose some nice clothes, dresses, whatever he wants, but they should be tasteful, suitable for the workplace”, is an excerpt from another comment.
What is discussed in the group of teachers
The photo was also taken on a Facebook group of teachers, a group with over 86,000 members. “I don’t know what else to say… At least she’s not in high school or high school. :’)”, is the message accompanying the fetched post.
“Everyone is sharing the picture of this ins who, if he didn’t feel like a “girl” today, NOBODY knew, didn’t know his name. He deliberately approached a manner to stand out… considering that at his birth on the medical record he was registered with the sex male… Otherwise, of course, NOBODY knows about it. There are now 56 identified gender identities, in the LGBTQIA++ spectrum…
A mind as normal, brilliant as she is, does not imagine 56 ways….of “to be or not to be”… Tomorrow our lecturer may attach a fox tail and declare himself a fox or fox and screeching… English and you can’t send him to psychiatry because he has LGBTQIA++ rights
“To be or not to be” that is the question…William Shakespeare may have anticipated the essential question of human existence.
PS Psychiatry treatises are no longer of any use”,
is one of the comments that group members were quick to write.
“I’ve seen more immoral teachers in trousers than gentlemen in skirts”
“It’s not what it should be! Stop showing something like that, it doesn’t do us honor, the majority!”, is another comment from the teachers group.
“The ACADEMIC WORLD is discussed, which by its nature imposes certain limits on knowledge and behavior. I believe that the article is a “creation” of someone who was in a crisis of ideas but was burning to post something at that moment. As for everyone’s guidelines and options, freely, but do not try to impose them on others! “, wrote another member of the group.
“I accept the negative comments, but I also have a question. I read the comments. Even if the image is real or not. What does the gentleman’s orientation/membership to a certain group have to do with intellect? I get it: we, in general, are a transgender, gay, LGBT people. We would adopt them if we could, forgetting that in the end the one who judges is God. At the same time we are the same people who accept their adulterous neighbor, turn a blind eye to the fact that we have the highest rate of teenage mothers in the EU, dropping out of school due to poverty is something normal, we are the same people for whom “stealing” is synonymous with ” be resourceful”.
I saw a comment about “what values is it imparting to our children?”. But TikTok, mass media (in general), a certain genre of music they like, what values are they imparting? I know it’s the responsibility of parents to impart values. In – true, I don’t deny, the teacher must have a certain moral and professional conduct – or so it is desirable. But I have seen more immoral teachers in pants than the gentleman in a skirt is assumed!”, another teacher group member posted a comment.
Reporters “the truth” contacted the lecturer Andrei Nae to record your point of view. “Hello, thank you for contacting me, but I do not wish to comment at this time” is the lecturer’s short answer.
