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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. +1000
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:15 PM
Jan 2016

From the article:

"This contempt for women in Islamic society stands in opposition to the gender equality that is proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the German constitution. In such societies, women must obey their fathers, then their husbands and finally bow to the expectations of society for the entirety of their lives.
The socially accepted definition of women as weak and men as strong is propagated from childhood and encourages many men to do whatever they want with women. Many of the men who partook in the sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne come from such a background and, by necessity, exhibit the psychological effects that such societal norms bring about. It is totally irrelevant what country these men come from, how long they have been in Germany or what their residency status is. The important thing is that we will have to have discussions about such character traits and the image of women that results from them if we are to get to the root of the problem in the future."

Shameless self-kick. nt sibelian Jan 2016 #1
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #2
C'mon DU. sibelian Jan 2016 #3
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