9
Oct
2025
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Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society (debate)
“Woman dies after stabbing incident in Groningen. Man arrested.’ ‘Woman shot and died in Sneek. The perpetrator: ‘Women stabbed and died in Lent. Man arrested.’ ‘Woman shot dead at home in Purmerend. Man arrested.’ ‘Deceased woman found in house in Heerlen. Man arrested.’ Five fatalities in one month, in my country, where the perpetrators were often in the picture. Femicide is a preventable epidemic, but femicide is ‘only’ the tragic tip of the iceberg. It is the extreme form of a worldview in which women are reduced to ownership, to ‘carriers of children’ or – in the words of Dutch university students – to ‘sperm buckets’. It is a worldview in which online hatred against women and vulnerable minorities is not only accepted, but even promoted. A worldview which, unfortunately, is becoming louder and louder in this House. I choose to fight against that worldview, for our rights and for our lives.