The former East Germany suffers from frauenmangel - that means that there's not enough women. Because much more of the young women than young men leave the East German villages.
This is because the women in the former East Germany are better educated according to therapist Stefan Kröhnert from the independent Berlin Institute for Population and Development.
-- People with higher education are more mobile and have higher expectations of life, and therefore moving the women away, he explains to the Danish newspaper - Radioavisen.
They remain in West though.
The pattern known also in the outskirts of Denmark. But here corrects the imbalance in gender balance is reviewed once the ages come up around 25 years, because some of the women move back.
But it is not in East Germany, says Stefan Kröhnert. Therefore, several counties now only have 75 young women for every 100 young men aged between 18 and 30 and has several implications.
No women, no families, says Stefan Kröhnert.
And the gender segregation will have a political consequence.
-- We have established that we in East Germany can find a clear link between the surplus of men in the young age group and the connection to the republican parties.
We can put it in the context of the traditional man-roll in these regions are severely damaged, says Stefan Kröhnert.
Like the women's tradition of a higher level of education is a legacy from the DDR-time, so were most of the men then engaged in the traditional masculine job as mining, agriculture and industry, and many of the boys still choose the education, even if the jobs are moved away.
Trying to entice
Local politicians have been aware of the problem. But because there's not enough women, it will follow up through the age groups, and about 10 or 20 years we will have a large group of single parents, socially disadvantaged women in this region.
Source: Danmarks Radio - DR, also known as DR1 and DR2.
This is because the women in the former East Germany are better educated according to therapist Stefan Kröhnert from the independent Berlin Institute for Population and Development.
-- People with higher education are more mobile and have higher expectations of life, and therefore moving the women away, he explains to the Danish newspaper - Radioavisen.
They remain in West though.
The pattern known also in the outskirts of Denmark. But here corrects the imbalance in gender balance is reviewed once the ages come up around 25 years, because some of the women move back.
But it is not in East Germany, says Stefan Kröhnert. Therefore, several counties now only have 75 young women for every 100 young men aged between 18 and 30 and has several implications.
No women, no families, says Stefan Kröhnert.
And the gender segregation will have a political consequence.
-- We have established that we in East Germany can find a clear link between the surplus of men in the young age group and the connection to the republican parties.
We can put it in the context of the traditional man-roll in these regions are severely damaged, says Stefan Kröhnert.
Like the women's tradition of a higher level of education is a legacy from the DDR-time, so were most of the men then engaged in the traditional masculine job as mining, agriculture and industry, and many of the boys still choose the education, even if the jobs are moved away.
Trying to entice
Local politicians have been aware of the problem. But because there's not enough women, it will follow up through the age groups, and about 10 or 20 years we will have a large group of single parents, socially disadvantaged women in this region.
Source: Danmarks Radio - DR, also known as DR1 and DR2.
