Action plan for boys and men

The plan explicitly establishes that drug trafficking has become an alternative for far too many children and young people in neglected suburbs, especially for boys and young men, and that schools should work preventively against destructive norms. It also establishes that much more focus must be directed towards preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime. An action plan directed at boys and young men, among other things through schools, is precisely that direction.

• boys and young men are recruiteddecisive»Droghandel har därför blivit ett alternativ för alltför många barn och ungdomar i eftersatta förorter, detta gäller särskilt för pojkar och unga män.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Drug trafficking has therefore become an alternative for far too many children and young people in neglected suburbs, which applies especially to boys and young men.”
• prevent recruitment»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Some sentences may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed towards preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime.”
• preventive work against gender norms»Skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn, oavsett kön, ska kunna leva fria.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children, regardless of gender, can live free.”
• resources for schools and social services»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and youth activities need better resources, as does social services.”

The plan sets as a goal that no young person shall become criminal and that new recruitment shall be stopped, with at least one pound to preventive work for every pound to police and with school as a central actor. The party programme moreover requires a conscious struggle against oppressive norms, which is the counter-proposal's approach about destructive gender roles in boys and young men. A targeted action plan as an instrument is not mentioned in the documents.

• stop new recruitmentdecisive»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas. Vi vill se fler och mer långtgående sociala insatser och föräldrar ska vara skyldiga att medverka när deras barn behöver socialtjänstens åtgärder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person shall become criminal. New recruitment must be stopped. We want to see more and more far-reaching social measures and parents shall be obliged to participate when their children need social services' measures.”
• prevention before repression»Bekämpa både brotten och brottens orsaker. För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat both crimes and the causes of crime. For every pound spent on more police, at least one pound shall be spent on preventive work.”
• struggle against oppressive norms»Det kräver en medveten kamp också mot andra maktstrukturer och förtryckande normer.« (party programme ↗)“It requires a conscious struggle also against other power structures and oppressive norms.”
• measures via school»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There needs to be more cooperation between police, student health services, social services and school.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to make major investments in preventive work and states that violence spirals are broken by giving each child faith in themselves and an education that equips them. The party programme sees that narrow gender norms limit life choices and that stereotypical gender roles shall be actively countered in school. An action plan aimed at boys and young men, including through school, unites these commitments.

• preventive workdecisive»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically deprived areas.”
• break violence spiral early»Att bryta våldsspiralen börjar med att ge varje barn som växer upp i Sverige tro på sig själv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Breaking the violence spiral begins with giving every child growing up in Sweden faith in themselves”
• destructive gender norms»Snäva könsnormer och brist på jämställdhet begränsar människors fria livsval.« (party programme ↗)“Narrow gender norms and lack of equality limit people's free life choices.”
• school counters gender roles»Stereotypa könsroller, mobbning och diskriminering av elever och skolpersonal ska aktivt motarbetas.« (party programme ↗)“Stereotypical gender roles, mobbing and discrimination of students and school staff shall be actively countered.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that every man who hits was once a boy and that preventive measures must therefore permeate society with foundations laid already in preschool and school. It also points out that boys are harmed by restrictive gender roles and requires measures that prevent gang recruitment. An action plan aimed at boys and young men through school is exactly the kind of intervention the plan calls for.

• preventive measures for boysdecisive»Varje man som slår var en gång en pojke. Därför är det viktigt att förebyggande insatser genomsyrar hela samhället och att det offentliga lägger grunden redan i förskolan och skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every man who hits was once a boy. Therefore it is important that preventive measures permeate society and that the public sector lays the foundation already in preschool and school.”
• destructive gender roles countered»Både flickor och pojkar tar skada när de trycks ner i fack som inte passar dem« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both girls and boys are harmed when they are forced into moulds that do not fit them”
• prevent gang recruitment»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not give way to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and harsher sentences.”
• early preventive work»Det förebyggande arbetet måste börja tidigt och genomsyra hela samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive work must start early and permeate society.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan establishes that equality work must involve boys and men and that schools shall strengthen their violence-prevention work. An action plan directed at boys and young men via schools is such work and aligns with the requirement for earlier and clearer measures against young people drifting. The plan moreover particularly highlights that boys' school results need to be raised, which is the same risk group.

• violence prevention in schoolsdecisive»Alla skolor ska stärka sitt våldspreventiva arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All schools shall strengthen their violence-prevention work.”
• equality work involving men»Den bristande jämställdheten är en fråga för såväl kvinnor som män.« (party programme ↗)“Inequality is a matter for both women and men.”
• boys' school results»Särskilt pojkars kunskapsresultat behöver höjas.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly boys' knowledge results need to be raised.”
• early measures against youth crime»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent and stop young people from drifting into criminality are essential.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the most important way to combat crime is preventive measures directed at children and young people, and the election manifesto wants to prevent crime through strengthened parental responsibility, associational life, mentorship and exit programmes. The plan also believes that differences between girls and boys shall be noted and influence schools' working methods. An action plan directed at boys and young men, including through schools, thus aligns with the plan's line.

• prevention before repairdecisive»Det viktigaste sättet att bekämpa brottslighet är genom« (party programme ↗)“The most important way to combat crime is through”
• strengthened parental responsibility»Förebygg brott genom att stärka familjerna och föräldraansvaret och göra det obligatoriskt med föräldrastöd i alla Sverige kommuner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime by strengthening families and parental responsibility and making parental support mandatory in all Swedish municipalities.”
• mentorship and exit programmes»Förebygg brott genom att stärka föreningslivet samt inrättande av mentorskapsprogram och nationellt avhopparprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime by strengthening associational life and establishing mentorship programmes and a national exit programme.”
• gender roles formed early»Jämställdhet börjar i hemmet och barnen lär sig tidigt« (party programme ↗)“Gender equality begins at home and children learn early”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

In substance, the counter-proposal wants targeted preventive measures against the young men drawn into gang crime and extremism, including through schools. This lies within the plan's major crime prevention reform package, with a national no-entry programme for at-risk young people, strengthened parental responsibility, and targeted measures in disadvantaged areas. However, the plan's analysis does not start from gender roles.

• comprehensive crime prevention measuresdecisive»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times.”
• targeted programme for at-risk young people»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen i syfte att snabbt stoppa en påbörjad kriminell karriär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove confidentiality barriers between police and social services and establish a national no-entry programme for at-risk young people to quickly stop an incipient criminal career”
• parental responsibility in prevention»Betona och förstärka föräldraansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Emphasise and strengthen parental responsibility”
• targeted measures in disadvantaged areas»Genomföra ett särskilt idrottslyft för utsatta områden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement a special sports initiative for disadvantaged areas”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's decisive message is that focus should be shifted from preventive integration and norm measures that have not been shown to work to a realigned criminal policy with incapacitation and tough interventions. The counter-proposal instead wants to understand gang crime in light of destructive gender roles and develop an action plan aimed at boys and young men, a gender-based approach that the plan explicitly rejects. The plan instead points to immigration and penalties as decisive.

• realigned criminal policydecisive»Istället för att bortförklara brott och rikta fokus mot förebyggande integrationsåtgärder som inte visat sig fungera, är det hög tid att lägga om den kriminalpolitiska inriktningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of explaining away crime and focusing on preventive integration measures that have not been shown to work, it is high time to realign the criminal policy direction.”
• rejects gender theories»Vi tror på vetenskap och inser att förvirrande genusteorier får förödande konsekvenser när de omsätts i praktiken.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We believe in science and realize that confusing gender theories have devastating consequences when put into practice.”
• against gender role analysis»Både flickor och pojkar drabbas, men särskilt pojkar påverkas negativt när förvriden feminism har blivit rättesnöret.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both girls and boys are affected, but boys in particular are negatively affected when distorted feminism has become the guiding principle.”
• immigration as cause»En första och viktig åtgärd är att stoppa invandringen av grupper som har svårt att integreras i det svenska samhället och kulturen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A first and important measure is to stop immigration from groups that have difficulty integrating into Swedish society and culture.”