Having visited Europe a few times, I knew about these special spots for women

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..it's mainly for safety due to idiotic primitive men's "negative" behaviors:

AMERICAN IS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER GERMANY HAS SPECIAL PARKING SPOTS JUST FOR WOMEN


A viral TikTok exposed a secret perk to being a woman in Germany: You get reserved spots in parking garages.

A German woman named Janine (@janineandgen) shared the video. Janine lives in the U.S. but was visiting her home country with her girlfriend, Gen, when the subject came up.

“What’s frauen parkplatz?” Gen asks Janine as the two women walk through a parking garage.

“It’s for women,” Janine responds, though that only confuses Gen even more.

“So only women can park here?” asks Gen. “Why?”

“Because they’re a little bit bigger,” Janine explains.

“The spots are bigger? What the f***,” Gen says.

Turns out, there really are designated spots for women — but the reason is a point of contention.

According to TikTok comments, many people feel it’s for safety reasons.

“they are closer to the entrance and have cameras. So safer,” one TikToker explained in the comments.

“Usually they’re nearer to the exit, not in far away corners, more lights, and they have cctv,” added someone else. “Same for family spaces (bigger tho).”

“More space for moms to take their babies/kids in/out of the car too!” explained another person.

In fact, other European countries have similar spots.

“Same in Switzerland, closer to the entrance and cameras, nothing to do with size,” one person wrote.