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Zero-tolerance vision for intimate partner violence
A zero-tolerance vision for violence in close relationships
What's at stake: How a zero-tolerance vision is worded affects which group of victims is highlighted as society's main priority, and sends a political signal about who society should primarily protect and support.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether a zero-tolerance vision against violence in close relationships should be worded in gender-neutral terms covering all forms of such violence, or whether it should explicitly target men's violence against women.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee proposes that parliament back the introduction of a zero-tolerance vision for violence in close relationships and communicate this to the government. The reason is that violence occurs in all forms of close relationships - including against men and in same-sex relationships - and that a broadly worded zero-tolerance vision sends a clear signal that society prioritises the issue and stands on the side of those affected. At the same time, the committee stresses that the sub-goal of ending men's violence against women remains in place.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 7 (S, V, C, MP)
The reservation (S, V, C, MP) calls for the zero-tolerance vision to instead be worded to specifically target men's violence against women, rather than framed in gender-neutral terms as violence in close relationships generally. The reasoning is that the major structural problem in society concerns men's violence against women, and that a zero-tolerance vision with that focus can raise awareness of the problem, open up public discussion and make it easier for more people to talk about their experiences - while the preventive work should still also cover violence in same-sex relationships and violence against men.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: a formal request (tillkännagivande) telling the government to act on att en nollvision för våld i nära relationer ska införas.
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 7 by S, V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: KDKristdemokraterna, LLiberalerna
Ja 154–151Nej 123–182
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/14 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| MP | No | No 0/16/0/2 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: low | derived |
| SD | Yes | Yes 64/0/0/9 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag supports the position expressed by the committee that a zero-tolerance vision for intimate partner violence shall be implemented and communicates this to the government. Accordingly, the Riksdag grants the motions in part: 2022/23:958 by Michael Rubbestad et al. (SD) item 1, 2022/23:2034 by Olle Thorell et al. (S), 2022/23:2053 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) item 4, and 2022/23:2139 by Ardalan Shekarabi et al. (S) item 54.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen ställer sig bakom det som utskottet anför om att en nollvision för våld i nära relationer ska införas och tillkännager detta för regeringen. Därmed bifaller riksdagen delvis motionerna 2022/23:958 av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD) yrkande 1, 2022/23:2034 av Olle Thorell m.fl. (S), 2022/23:2053 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkande 4 och 2022/23:2139 av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S) yrkande 54.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag directed a formal request (tillkännagivande) to the government to implement a zero-tolerance vision for intimate partner violence. This directive was issued as the Riksdag addressed approximately 80 proposals in motions from the general 2022 motion period on gender equality and measures against discrimination. The Riksdag rejected proposals in other motions, citing inter alia ongoing work. The motions concerned, for example, the establishment of investigations in the gender equality policy area, work against men's violence against women and honour-related violence and oppression, measures for workplace equality, and various initiatives to counter discrimination in society.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to appoint a new investigation to address insufficient gender equality and structural discrimination on the labour market. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 7
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The programme states that male violence against women is a structural social problem and the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society, which must be understood as part of inequality.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The programme states that male violence against women is a structural social problem and the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society, which must be understood as part of inequality. A zero vision formulated specifically against male violence against women responds to that analysis, while a gender-neutral formulation hides the structure. The plan simultaneously states that violence against LGBTQ people is based in the same power structures and is therefore not left out.
Original (Swedish)
Programmet slår fast att mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem och det yttersta uttrycket för ett patriarkalt samhälle, som måste förstås som en del av ojämställdheten. En nollvision formulerad just mot mäns våld mot kvinnor svarar mot den analysen, medan en könsneutral formulering döljer strukturen. Planen slår samtidigt fast att våldet mot hbtq-personer grundas i samma maktstrukturer och därför inte lämnas utanför.
- the violence is structuraldecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem.« (party programme ↗)“Male violence against women is a structural social problem.”
- patriarchy's ultimate expression»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för ett patriarkalt samhälle« (party programme ↗)“Male violence against women is the ultimate expression of a patriarchal society”
- violence as an inequality issue»Vi ser därför att mäns våld mot kvinnor måste förstås som en del i den ojämställdhet som präglar det svenska samhället« (party programme ↗)“We therefore believe that male violence against women must be understood as part of the inequality that characterizes Swedish society”
- same structures affect LGBTQ people»Det våld som också hbtq-personer utsätts för grundas i samma patriarkala maktstrukturer.« (party programme ↗)“The violence that LGBTQ people are also subjected to is based in the same patriarchal power structures.”
The election manifesto's formulation is measures against violence against women, and the party programme describes the gender power order as a structural hierarchy – which is exactly the structural problem description the counter-proposal wants the zero vision to be built on.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto's formulation is measures against violence against women, and the party programme describes the gender power order as a structural hierarchy – which is exactly the structural problem description the counter-proposal wants the zero vision to be built on. That the party is explicitly feminist supports a gender-specific rather than gender-neutral target formulation. However, the wording of the zero vision is not addressed in the documents.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestets formulering är krafttag mot mäns våld mot kvinnor, och partiprogrammet beskriver könsmaktsordningen som en strukturell över- och underordning - vilket är just den strukturella problembeskrivning motförslaget vill att nollvisionen ska bygga på. Att partiet uttalat är feministiskt stöder en könsspecifik snarare än könsneutral målformulering. Nollvisionens ordalydelse är dock inte behandlad i dokumenten.
- violence against women shall ceasedecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor. Vi vill fort sätta den politiska riktning som skärpt straffen för våld och andra kränkningar i nära relationer, och som ökat resurserna till kvinno- och tjejjourernas viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures to stop honour-related violence, sexual crimes and violence against women. We want to continue the political direction that has tightened sentences for violence and other violations in intimate relationships, and increased resources for women's and girls' support services' important work.”
- structural gender power order»En tydlig maktstruktur är det som kallas könsmaktsordningen« (party programme ↗)“A clear power structure is what is called the gender power order”
- feminist party»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this fundamental view, the Social Democrats are a feminist party.”
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The plan states that men's violence against women is a structural problem and makes Stop men's violence against women an own commitment, with a gender power structure that permeates society.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that men's violence against women is a structural problem and makes Stop men's violence against women an own commitment, with a gender power structure that permeates society. This supports the counter-proposal's requirement that the zero vision be formulated precisely as men's violence against women, against the committee's gender-neutral formulation. The plan simultaneously requires support and protection for all people exposed to violence.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt problem och gör Stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor till ett eget åtagande, med en könsmaktsordning som genomsyrar samhället. Det bär motförslagets krav på att nollvisionen formuleras just som mäns våld mot kvinnor, mot utskottets könsneutrala formulering. Planen kräver samtidigt stöd och skydd för alla våldsutsatta.
- structural men's violencedecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt och globalt problem.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural and global problem.”
- stop men's violence against women»Stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor samt hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop men's violence against women and honour-related violence and oppression”
- pervasive gender power structure»Vi ser att maktordningar som etnicitet, sexuell läggning, klass, och ålder samverkar med den samhällsgenomgående könsmaktsordningen.« (party programme ↗)“We see that power structures such as ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, and age interact with the society-wide gender power structure.”
- support to all people exposed to violence»Vi vill också se stöd och skydd för barn och vuxna som utsatts för psykiskt och fysiskt våld samt professionell behandling av våldsutövarna.« (party programme ↗)“We also want to see support and protection for children and adults who have been subjected to psychological and physical violence and professional treatment of violence perpetrators.”
The plan formulates the goal exactly as the counter-proposal: Sweden shall be led toward an end to men's violence against women, and preventive measures against specifically men's violence against women shall permeate all of society.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan formulates the goal exactly as the counter-proposal: Sweden shall be led toward an end to men's violence against women, and preventive measures against specifically men's violence against women shall permeate all of society. It describes the problem as structural, with tens of thousands of women victimised every year, and the party programme is explicitly feminist. A zero vision aimed at men's violence against women therefore follows directly from the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen formulerar målet exakt som motförslaget: Sverige ska ledas mot ett slut på mäns våld mot kvinnor, och förebyggande åtgärder mot just mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället. Den beskriver problemet som strukturellt, med tiotusentals kvinnor utsatta varje år, och partiprogrammet är uttryckligen feministiskt. En nollvision inriktad på mäns våld mot kvinnor följer därmed direkt av planen.
- end to men's violence against womendecisive»Vi ska leda Sverige mot ett slut på mäns våld mot kvinnor. Män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall lead Sweden toward an end to men's violence against women. Men who hit shall not get away.”
- prevention against men's violence»Vi ska stärka kvinnors trygghet och egenmakt. Förebyggande åtgärder mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ska genomsyra hela samhället och män som slår ska inte komma undan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen women's security and empowerment. Preventive measures against men's violence against women shall permeate all of society and men who hit shall not get away.”
- structural societal problem»Män utsätter tiotusentals kvinnor för våld varje år.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men subject tens of thousands of women to violence every year.”
- feminist analysis of power»Centerpartiet är ett feministiskt parti, som utmanar och bryter rådande maktförhållanden och kollektiva orättvisor.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party is a feminist party, that challenges and breaks prevailing power relations and collective injustices.”
The election manifesto's goal is formulated exactly as the counter-proposal wants: men's violence against women shall cease.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto's goal is formulated exactly as the counter-proposal wants: men's violence against women shall cease. The party programme explains this structurally, as the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability and grounded in the view of gender and power, and makes the insight that unfreedom particularly affects women the reason for the party's feminism. That all relationship violence shall be prevented qualifies but does not change the goal's direction.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestets mål är formulerat exakt som motförslaget vill: mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra. Partiprogrammet förklarar detta strukturellt, som det mest extrema uttrycket för kvinnors utsatthet och grundat i synen på kön och makt, och gör insikten om att ofriheten särskilt drabbar kvinnor till skäl för partiets feminism. Att allt relationsvåld ska förebyggas kvalificerar men ändrar inte målets inriktning.
- men's violence against women shall ceasedecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men's violence against women shall cease.”
- structural male violence»Mäns våld och förtryck mot kvinnor är det mest extrema uttrycket för kvinnors utsatthet« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence and oppression against women is the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability”
- feminist analysis»Insikten att denna ofrihet särskilt drabbar flickor och kvinnor« (party programme ↗)“The insight that this unfreedom particularly affects girls and women”
- all relationship violence prevented»Alla former av våld i relationer och könsrelaterat våld ska förebyggas.« (party programme ↗)“All forms of violence in relationships and gender-related violence shall be prevented.”
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 explicitly points out men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of gender equality and requires that legislation mark that violence against women is a serious crime.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly points out men's violence against women as the ultimate expression of lack of gender equality and requires that legislation mark that violence against women is a serious crime. It is precisely the direction the counter-proposal wants to give the zero vision. The plan simultaneously requires support and protection for women, men and children subjected to violence in close relationships, which the counter-proposal retains in prevention work.
Original (Swedish)
Planen pekar uttryckligen ut mäns våld mot kvinnor som det yttersta uttrycket för brist på jämställdhet och kräver att lagstiftningen markerar att våld mot kvinnor är ett allvarligt brott. Det är just den inriktning motförslaget vill ge nollvisionen. Planen kräver samtidigt stöd och skydd för kvinnor, män och barn som utsatts för våld i nära relation, vilket motförslaget behåller i det förebyggande arbetet.
- men's violence against women in focusdecisive»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är det yttersta uttrycket för« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is the ultimate expression of”
- legislation must mark the seriousness»I lagstiftningen måste markeras att våld« (party programme ↗)“In legislation violence must”
- support for all abuse victims»Kvinnor, män och barn som utsatts för våld i en« (party programme ↗)“Women, men and children who have been subjected to violence in a”
- gender equality in all policy»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“Gender equality perspective must permeate all policy areas.”
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 formulates its own commitment precisely as stopping violence against women by men, with reference to the women who have been murdered by a current or former partner, and wants murder in close relationships to always result in life imprisonment.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan formulates its own commitment precisely as stopping violence against women by men, with reference to the women who have been murdered by a current or former partner, and wants murder in close relationships to always result in life imprisonment. Directing the zero-vision toward violence against women by men thus lies close to the plan's own problem formulation, even though the plan does not take a stand on the zero-vision's formulation.
Original (Swedish)
Planen formulerar sitt eget åtagande just som att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, med hänvisning till de kvinnor som mördats av en nuvarande eller tidigare partner, och vill att mord i nära relation alltid ger livstid. Att rikta nollvisionen mot mäns våld mot kvinnor ligger därmed nära planens egen problemformulering, även om planen inte tar ställning till nollvisionens formulering.
- violence against women by men in focusdecisive»Vi ska stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall stop violence against women by men”
- the problem picture is violence against women»Elva kvinnor misstänks ha blivit mördade under årets första månader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Eleven women are suspected to have been murdered during the year's first months.”
- toughened consequences for partner violence»Ändra i lagen så att mord i nära relation alltid leder till livstids fängelse« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Change the law so that murder in close relationships always leads to life imprisonment”
- violence against women combated with determination»kvinnor och barn ska bekämpas med stor bestämdhet och« (party programme ↗)“women and children shall be combated with great determination and”
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 formulates its own commitment gender-neutrally: an action plan for those subjected to intimate partner violence, and that men and women should have the same rights and be equal before the law.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan formulates its own commitment gender-neutrally: an action plan for those subjected to intimate partner violence, and that men and women should have the same rights and be equal before the law. The counter-proposal instead wants to direct the zero vision against men's violence against women based on a structural gender analysis, which the plan rejects when it turns against policy that is based on group affiliation rather than the individual.
Original (Swedish)
Planen formulerar sitt eget åtagande könsneutralt: en handlingsplan för den som utsätts för våld i nära relation, och att män och kvinnor ska ha samma rättigheter och vara lika inför lagen. Motförslaget vill i stället rikta nollvisionen mot mäns våld mot kvinnor utifrån en strukturell könsanalys, vilket planen avvisar när den vänder sig mot politik som utgår från grupptillhörighet snarare än den enskilde.
- gender-neutral victim supportdecisive»Upprätta en handlingsplan för den som utsätts för våld i nära relation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an action plan for those subjected to intimate partner violence”
- equality before the law»Män och kvinnor ska ha samma rättigheter, vara lika inför lagen samt känna sig trygga och respekterade.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Men and women should have the same rights, be equal before the law and feel safe and respected.”
- individual before group analysis»Riktig jämställdhet nås inte genom att vidta politiska åtgärder för att på gruppnivå skapa samma utfall mellan män och kvinnor, utan genom att ta krafttag mot samhällsfenomen som begränsar den enskilde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Real equality is not achieved by taking political measures to create the same outcomes at the group level between men and women, but by taking action against social phenomena that constrain the individual.”
- against unequal treatment based on gender»Motverka diskriminering och särbehandling p.g.a. kön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter discrimination and unequal treatment because of gender”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:AU7)
- Committee report full text (HA01AU7)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1076 — Nolltolerans mot hederskulturens brott av Ann-Sofie Alm (M)
- Motion 2022/23:1120 — Nordiskt samarbete av Catarina Deremar m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1122 — Regelförenkling för bättre styrning och service och ökat företagande av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1188 — Internationell solidaritet - en stark röst för hbtq-plus-personers rättigheter av Anna Wallentheim m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1214 — Åtgärder för de nationella minoriteterna och minoritetsspråken av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1217 — Åtgärder med syfte att stoppa våldskulturen av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:122 — Mäns ekonomiska våld mot kvinnor av Aida Birinxhiku (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1232 — En funktionsrättspolitik för trygghet och delaktighet av Maj Karlsson m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1461 — Införande av jämlikhetsdata av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1474 — Politik för de nationella minoriteterna av Amanda Lind m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1635 — Företag inom besöksnäringen av Martina Johansson (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1674 — Förbättrad situation för personer i behov av ledar- eller assistanshund av Rickard Nordin och Ulrika Heie (båda C)
- Motion 2022/23:1680 — Situationen för kvinnor som tvingas leva gömda av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1688 — Politisk åsikt som diskrimineringsgrund i svensk diskrimineringslagstiftning av Eric Westroth (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1693 — Ett sexuellt kulturskifte i förorterna av Robert Hannah och Juno Blom (båda L)
- Motion 2022/23:181 — Stärk demokratin och de mänskliga rättigheterna av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1882 — En starkare liberal demokrati av Malin Björk m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2034 — En nollvision för mäns våld mot kvinnor av Olle Thorell m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2053 — Utgiftsområde 13 Jämställdhet och nyanlända invandrares etablering av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
Source: The Swedish Parliament