EVEN climate change cannot escape the gender wars. Now Swedish men are being blamed for having a disproportionately large impact on global warming.
The finger is squarely pointed at men in 鈥淎 study on gender equality as a prerequisite for sustainable development鈥� by Gerd Johnsson-Latham of the Swedish Ministry of Sustainable Development. She concludes: 鈥淭he fact that women travel less than men, measured in person-kilometres per car, plane, boat and motorcycle 鈥� means that women cause considerably fewer carbon dioxide emissions than men, and thus considerably less climate change.鈥� She notes that 60 per cent of car emissions are created by the 10 per cent of drivers who use roads the most, and that men account for three-quarters of car driving in Sweden.
Women do not escape censure, however. The report notes that in Sweden, women spend four times as much as men on consumer goods and 鈥� in a further dig at men, albeit unintended 鈥� 20 times as much on hygiene products.
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