34% of the respondents admitted that they have been violent towards women in the past. (Representative)
Frankfurt:
More than a third of men in Germany find violence against women “acceptable”, according to poll results described by campaigners on Sunday as “shocking”.
A total of 33 percent of men aged 18-35 said they would be upset if their female partner occasionally “slipped” during an argument, according to the survey to be published on Monday by the Funke newspaper group. Looks “acceptable”.
Thirty-four percent of respondents admitted that they have been violent towards women in the past.
The results are “shocking,” said Carsten Kasner of the Federal Forum Men, an umbrella group that advocates for gender equality.
“It is problematic that a third of the men surveyed despise physical violence against women. This urgently needs to change,” he told Funke newspapers.
The nationwide survey, which questioned 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18-35, was commissioned by children’s aid organization Plan International Germany and carried out online from March 9-21.
It further found that 52 per cent of men said they believed their role in the relationship should be that of the main provider, and that their partner should do most of the household running.
Less than half of respondents (48 percent) also expressed displeasure at seeing public displays of homosexuality, saying they felt “disturbed” by it.
“Traditional gender roles are still deeply ingrained in people’s minds,” Alexandra Schacher, a spokeswoman for Plan International Germany, told the Funke newspaper group.
According to figures from the federal police, more than 115,000 women were victims of partner violence in 2021 – or 13 women every hour.
A total of 301 women were killed by their current or former partners in 2021.
Justice Minister Marco Bushmann said last year that he would push for legal changes to more severely punish violence against women, adding that such acts should not be seen as “private tragedies”. Needed
She said at the time, “Gender-based violence should be designated as such and punished with the necessary severity.”
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