Merkel’s party confronts sexism charges

A leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party admitted Sunday that it has a problem with sexism in its ranks, after a female politician spoke out about vulgar and belittling comments. Peter Tauber, general secretary of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that remarks made public by Berlin CDU […]

A leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party admitted Sunday that it has a problem with sexism in its ranks, after a female politician spoke out about vulgar and belittling comments.
Peter Tauber, general secretary of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that remarks made public by Berlin CDU politician Jenna Behrends, 26, were not an isolated incident.
“I hear about stories like these again and again, but without names. That makes it hard to do anything about it,” Tauber said.
Behrends made national headlines last week when she spoke out against gender discrimination within the CDU, saying that a member of the Berlin city-state’s government had called her a “big sweet mouse” in front of a group of people.