– In the here Danish-afghan society, as I have grown up here, there was a man there which had the liberal attitudes.

– He said: ’My daughter must do what she will, and my son will be as he will, and if it is, that they will be with in the here culture, we try to maintain in Denmark, so they must like.

– And if not the will, so we let them be,’

And it was he, of course, extremely outcast.

– So, yes, there is punishment involved for anyone trying to break out of his role, and it is maybe the worst thing about it all.

How to say ‘Jarvaad’, which is one of the 4400 people who have participated in the report ‘Maskulinitetsopfattelser and attitudes to gender equality – especially among home men’, which is posted on the foreign ministry’s website today with the headline: It is lagging in terms of equality with a minority of the ethnic minorities.

the Report shows that there is a quite evident difference between the home men and women and majoritetsetniske men and women, when you talk about gender equality and masculinity.

Selected maskulinitets results

• 7 % of the home men are ’completely disagree’ or ’mostly disagree’, in that women should have the same right to divorce as men, while it applies to 5 % of the home women, 2 % of majoritetsmænd and 1% of women.

• 20 % of the home men are ’completely agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that the man should have the last word when it comes to decisions in the home, while it applies to 12 % of the home women, 5 % of the majoritetsmænd and 0 % of majoritetskvinder.

• 26 % of the home men are ’completely agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that it should be the man who is responsible for managing the family finances, while this applies to 22 % of the home women, 8 % of majoritetsmænd and 4 % of majoritetskvinder.

• 24 % of the home men are ’completely agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that it should be the woman’s responsibility to stand for the upbringing, is, while it applies to 21 % of the home women, 5 % of the majoritetsmænd and 2 % of women.

• 20 % and 15 %, of the home men and women equal ’no’ to, that they allow their partner/spouse to have friends of the opposite sex in addition to the family, for majoritetsmænd and women, respectively. 2 % and 5 %.

• 17 and 14 % ’strongly agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that women who go challenging dressed, cause if they are exposed to sexual abuse. While this applies to 5 % of the majoritetsetniske men and women.

• 22 % of the home men do not believe that homosexuality should be accepted in society, while it applies to 12 % of the home women, 3 % of the majoritetsetniske men and 1 % of the majoritetsetniske women.

• 32 % home men and 19 % home women are ’completely agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that men in general have too little power in the Danish society. This applies to 8 % of the majoritetsmænd and 4 % of women.

the Study is made of the Als Research for the department of gender equality and is based on a questionnaire, which is answered by the 4.423 interviews with men and women aged 18-64 years.

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for Example consider 19 % of the home men, that if someone insults a man he should defend his reputation with force if necessary. For comparison, shared this position of 15 % of the home women, 8 % of the majoritetsetniske men and 2 % of the majoritetsetniske women.

And 14-17% of the home women and men are, according to the survey ’strongly agree’ or ’tend to agree’ that women who go challenging dressed, cause if they are exposed to sexual abuse. For the majoritetsetniske men and women is the 5%, who share the position.

Similarly, nearly a quarter of the home men did not, that homosexuality should be accepted in society. The position is shared by 12% of the home women.

the Report – which is made of Als Research to provide new knowledge on the maskulinitetsopfattelser and attitudes to e.g. gender equality, violence, sexuality, and gender roles particularly among home men, and look at how this plays together with, for example, negative social control and the formation of modkulturer. And why has the minister for gender equality now convened a dialogue-meeting:

– There is a need to discuss how particular ethnic minoritetsmænd can be activated to promote equality, and how to create a constructive debate on Danish values and gender equality in the ethnic minoritetsmiljøer, where the values and attitudes represent a barrier to individual freedom and gender equality, says minister Eva Kjer Hansen, which has convened a wide range of commentators, professionals, experts and politicians for a dialogue meeting, but what do you mean, that can be done – i.e. if something has to be done?