Bigger parks for women, what’s wrong with that?
A small German town has made headlines by introducing easy-access parking spaces reserved for women.
The scheme, introduced by Mayor Gallus Strobel in the south German town of Triberg, sparked international interest after Mr Strobel said the women-only spaces were introduced because females were worse parkers than males.
That’s where he’s gone wrong, he’s making a generalisation and acting upon it.
In doing so he’s maligning women who have no problem with parking and doing nothing to help men who do.
He should keep the bigger parks but change the signs to show they’re available for anyone who needs more room. That could include anyone with passengers who need assistance getting in or out of the car as well as those of either gender whose spatial awareness isn’t up to scratch.
For the record, I hate small car parks, especially when I’m in a modern car from the driving seat of many of which you can’t see the vehicle’s extremities.
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