Safe Sports Environments

The plan demands preventive work against destructive gender norms so that all children can live free and sees men's violence against women as a structural problem that must be met in different parts of society. It also wants to give children and young people municipally supported recreational activities and redistribute resources to poor areas. A municipal mandate for norm-critical violence prevention work in sports follows from this.

• norm-critical violence prevention workdecisive»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.”
• the violence is structural»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem.« (party programme ↗)“Men's violence against women is a structural social problem.”
• municipally supported leisure»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give children and young people opportunities for municipally supported recreational activities”
• resources to vulnerable areas»det kräver en annan politik och att vi omfördelar resurserna från rika till fattiga människor, från rika områden till fattiga områden och förorter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“it requires different policy and that we redistribute resources from rich to poor people, from rich areas to poor areas and suburbs”

The plan requires strong action against men's violence against women, and the programme's feminist foundation assumes that gender power structures must be broken, which is precisely the norm-critical violence prevention work the counter-proposal wants to see in the voluntary sector. The election manifesto also promises increased access to sport at reasonable costs and special initiatives in resource-poor areas. The requirement for extra resources for sport in disadvantaged areas thus lies in the direction of the plan.

• strong action against men's violencedecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strong action to stop honour-related violence, sexual offences and men's violence against women.”
• feminist foundation»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this foundation, social democracy is a feminist party.”
• sport for all children»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka. Föräldrarnas plånbok ska inte avgöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, both in terms of sport and culture, needs to increase. Parents' wallet should not be decisive.”
• prioritised prevention work»För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For every Swedish crown spent on more police, at least one crown should be spent on prevention work.”

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 party programme wants to invest in community sports and youth sports as quality of life and public health and requires that stereotypical gender roles and norms be actively counteracted with a clear norm-critical perspective. The election manifesto wants to make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas and that a culture of consent should permeate society. A norm-critical violence prevention mandate for municipalities and the sports movement follows from this.

• norm-critical work against stereotypesdecisive»normkritiskt perspektiv. Stereotypa könsroller,« (party programme ↗)“norm-critical perspective. Stereotypical gender roles,”
• resources for community sports»funktionsnedsättning, korpidrott och motionsidrott, investerar vi i såväl livskvalitet som folkhälsa. Det ska också finnas gott om möjligheter till« (party programme ↗)“disability, competitive sports and recreational sports, we invest in both quality of life and public health. There should also be plenty of opportunities for”
• prevention in vulnerable areas»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”
• consent culture in society»att en samtyckeskultur ska genomsyra samhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that a culture of consent should permeate society”

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 requires that all municipalities have action plans to prevent men's violence against women and that preventive work permeate the whole of society, starting from the premise that every man who hits was once a boy. Giving municipalities together with the sports movement a mandate to work to change norms against violence among boys and men is an application of this. The plan also wants to see a fair and inclusive sports movement.

• municipal action plans against violencedecisive»Alla kommuner ska ha handlingsplaner för att förebygga mäns våld mot kvinnor och alla skolor ska ha handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities shall have action plans to prevent men's violence against women and all schools shall have action plans against honour-based oppression.”
• norm work among boys»Varje man som slår var en gång en pojke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every man who hit was once a boy.”
• prevention across society»Det förebyggande arbetet måste börja tidigt och genomsyra hela samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive work must start early and permeate the whole of society.”
• inclusive sport»Kulturen ska vara fri och oberoende, idrotten jämlik och inkluderande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture shall be free and independent, sport fair and inclusive.”

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 requires that violence prevention work is strengthened and that councils' crime prevention work is legislated for, and the party programme wants educational institutions to actively work with gender issues and norm criticism. Extra support to democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas is also an explicit commitment. The counter-proposal's norm-critical violence prevention together with the sports movement and resources in weak areas therefore follow from this.

• violence prevention workdecisive»Alla skolor ska stärka sitt våldspreventiva arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All schools shall strengthen their violence prevention work.”
• norm-critical gender equality work»högskolan arbeta aktivt med jämställdhetsfrågor, genusfrågor och normkritik såväl i« (party programme ↗)“universities actively work with gender equality issues, gender issues and norm criticism both in”
• municipal prevention duty»Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Councils' crime prevention work shall be legislated for.”
• resources for disadvantaged areas»Det demokratiska civilsamhället i utsatta områden ska stödjas mer – särskilt kvinnors och flickors organisering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas shall be supported more – particularly women's and girls' organizing.”

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 public support for sport shall promote equality and that the equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas, while the municipalities shall promote and support sport. Violence prevention work that challenges norms among boys and men is in line with men's violence against women being seen as the ultimate expression of lack of equality. The plan reminds however that associations are independent and primarily exist for their own purposes.

• equality requirements on sports fundingdecisive»Det offentliga stödet till idrotten ska främja jämställdhet.« (party programme ↗)“Public support for sport shall promote equality.”
• equality in all policy areas»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“The equality perspective shall permeate all policy areas.”
• municipalities' responsibility for sport»Hälsa, motion och olika former av idrott ska främjas och stödjas av kommunerna.« (party programme ↗)“Health, exercise and various forms of sport shall be promoted and supported by the municipalities.”
• associations' independence»de i första hand är till för att uppfylla organisationens mål« (party programme ↗)“they primarily exist to fulfil the organization's objectives”

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 counter-proposal's core is a municipal mandate for active norm-critical work against violence. The plan instead builds on people being assessed by their person and their actions, not on the basis of collective categories, and its violence prevention route goes through social services, schools and substance abuse care. The plan does want to give sports in vulnerable areas more resources, but does not support the norm-critical mandate as such.

• the individual before the collectivedecisive»Det jämlika människovärdet är grunden för likheten inför lagen« (party programme ↗)“Equal human worth is the foundation for equality before the law”
• prevention through social services and schools»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid. Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times. This involves over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and substance abuse care.”
• targeted support for sports»Genomföra ett särskilt idrottslyft för utsatta områden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement a special sports initiative for vulnerable areas”

The plan explicitly distances itself from gender pedagogy and gender theories as tools for children and youth, and wants to end the political experiments on Swedish children. The counter-proposal requires municipalities and the sports movement to be tasked with conducting active norm-critical work that challenges norms around masculinity, which is precisely the approach the plan rejects. The plan's own path to safe sports is equal conditions for all regardless of background.

• no to gender pedagogydecisive»Genuspedagogik som den ser ut idag ska inte användas eftersom den i hög grad är inriktad på utsuddande av könstillhörighetsskillnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gender pedagogy as it exists today should not be used because it is largely aimed at erasing sex-based differences.”
• against 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.”
• stop experiments on children»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End the political experiments on Swedish children and youth”
• equal conditions in sports»Ge alla tillgång till idrott oavsett kön, ålder eller kulturell bakgrund« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give everyone access to sports regardless of sex, age or cultural background”