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I g\u00e5r var det Kvindernes Internationale Kampdag<\/b> (\u201dthe Women\u2019s International Day of Struggle\u201d), and Danish kvinder<\/b> (women) and m\u00e6nd<\/b> (men) gathered in the streets to fejre<\/b> (celebrate) and demonstrere for ligestilling<\/b> (demonstrate for equality).<\/p>\n
Danmark<\/b> is among the world\u2019s most egalitarian countries \u2013 still, it lags behind the other nordiske lande<\/b> (Nordic countries) in international rankings<\/a>. In theory, it shouldn\u2019t matter whether a Danish child dreaming about becoming a soldat<\/b> (soldier) or a sygeplejerske<\/b> (nurse) is en pige<\/b> (a girl) or en dreng<\/b> (a boy). In reality, there still are a lot of prejudices floating around \u2013 as the word sygeplejerske<\/b> shows: It ends in a classical female suffix (-ske<\/b>), even if men can work as nurses, too.<\/p>\n Vikingetiden <\/b>(the Viking Age) was known for its many strong women who ruled the communities while their husbands were raiding abroad. Danish women also took part in expeditions and were just as crucial as men in making Viking colonies in England and other places. In 1915, Denmark finally gave women the right to vote \u2013 stemmeret<\/b> \u2013 two years after Norway, but earlier than many other lande<\/b> (countries).<\/p>\n In today\u2019s Denmark, it\u2019s relatively possible to combine a karriere<\/b> and a familie<\/b>. There\u2019s universal barselsorlov<\/b> (maternity leave), so women don\u2019t risk losing their job when having a child. Still, there still isn\u2019t total ligel\u00f8n<\/b> (equal wages) yet \u2013 sometimes employers tend to pay men more for doing the same tasks as their female kollegaer<\/b> (colleagues). And when Denmark had its first female PM \u2013 Helle Thorning-Schmidt<\/a> \u2013 everybody was talking about how she dressed; the current male PM, Lars L\u00f8kke, doesn\u2019t get so many comments about his udseende<\/b> (look).<\/p>\n Nowadays, Danish feminster<\/b> often talk about more than women\u2019s issues: For example, it\u2019s often a problem<\/b> [proBLEHM] that too few men work in b\u00f8rnehaver<\/b> (kindergartens) and skoler<\/b> (schools). That causes many drenge<\/b> (boys) to grow up without good male role models.<\/p>\n Have you experienced discrimination in Denmark because of your gender \u2013 or your sexuality or your looks or your religion? Please drop a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I g\u00e5r var det Kvindernes Internationale Kampdag (\u201dthe Women\u2019s International Day of Struggle\u201d), and Danish kvinder (women) and m\u00e6nd (men) gathered in the streets to fejre (celebrate) and demonstrere for ligestilling (demonstrate for equality). Danmark is among the world\u2019s most egalitarian countries \u2013 still, it lags behind the other nordiske lande (Nordic countries) in international…<\/p>\n