Women's parking space

[4] A study by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that 7.3% of violent crimes occurred in parking garages.

However, according to federal criminal statistics published by the German police, molestation and attacks on women occur no more often in parking garages than in other places.

[9] A small town in southern Germany, Triberg introduced the antonym, the globally first men's parking spaces in 2012 and caused a major media hype.

[10] The mayor of Triberg even explained that women would have difficulty parking there since the spaces require male drivers to back in diagonally without crashing into walls and a pillar.

"[12] On a final note, to add a comical touch, these men-only parking spaces were even marked with "Mars" symbols.

Women have more to fear in personal surroundings and at home, while men are objects (and dominantly subjects) of attack in the outside world.

[14] Becker refers to Elizabeth Wilson's book Sphinx in the City[15] and assumes that women overestimate the dangers of urban surroundings.

Herbert Glasauer doubts that women's parking lots have a positive effect, and sees them rather as a sort of backlash, perpetuating a view of the "damsel in distress" instead of addressing actual violence.

[14][16] In the Chinese province of Hebei, women's parking spaces have been established in shopping centers.

Along with the female-only parking spaces, other ideas include adding thousands of new women-only toilets, and resurfacing city sidewalks with a soft material to ease tired feet for those wearing high heels.

[21] Likewise in Europe, these spaces are placed near entrances and exits in dark parking garages or lots.

[citation needed] In response to the controversy, government officials said that women received the closer parking spots so they did not have to walk as far with kids.