Åsa Romson, leader of the third biggest political party (Green Party) in Sweden held a speech this week that made my blood boil.
Seeing the progress made by the feminist party in the european parliament election, the Green Party has now turned more aggresive on the feminism issue in preparation for the Swedish parliament election this fall.
Rough translation from 3:06 and forward: "Women are a better model regarding climate politics. The fact is that men have a larger carbon footprint, they eat more meat, the drive more, they fly more. They are less prone to change their habits.
Simply speaking you can say that it's the rich men who cause climate change and poor women who are the biggest victims, both looking at Sweden, Europe and the world. [...] We in the green party question why the man sitting alone in his SUV should be first in importance over the woman traveling by bus and subway every day to work. We question why the man who's flying on a business trip should have his own airport in central Stockholm while the female student can't find a place to live. [...] We also question the Swedish man's right to eat meat should be premiered before the Sudanese woman having her harvest destroyed by climate change. We have to question the norms... The world is in urgent need of feminist politics."
Also notice all the men in the audience applauding her...
In conclusion, soon I might have to GTFO of here.
Seeing the progress made by the feminist party in the european parliament election, the Green Party has now turned more aggresive on the feminism issue in preparation for the Swedish parliament election this fall.
Rough translation from 3:06 and forward: "Women are a better model regarding climate politics. The fact is that men have a larger carbon footprint, they eat more meat, the drive more, they fly more. They are less prone to change their habits.
Simply speaking you can say that it's the rich men who cause climate change and poor women who are the biggest victims, both looking at Sweden, Europe and the world. [...] We in the green party question why the man sitting alone in his SUV should be first in importance over the woman traveling by bus and subway every day to work. We question why the man who's flying on a business trip should have his own airport in central Stockholm while the female student can't find a place to live. [...] We also question the Swedish man's right to eat meat should be premiered before the Sudanese woman having her harvest destroyed by climate change. We have to question the norms... The world is in urgent need of feminist politics."
Also notice all the men in the audience applauding her...
In conclusion, soon I might have to GTFO of here.