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Mann am Steuer: Wie das Patriarchat die Verkehrswende blockiert

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Männer beherrschen die Straße. Mit überdimensionierten Karossen, aggressivem Verhalten oder unangemessener Lautstärke. Das ist durch die Verkehrsstatistik gut belegt, aber dennoch nur Symptom eines größeren Problems. Starre aber mächtige Netzwerke in Politik, Behörden, Verbänden, Unternehmen und Wissenschaft, allesamt von Männern dominiert, verhindern den dringend notwendigen Schritt hin zu einer zukunftsfähigen Mobilität für Deutschland. Männerexperte und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Boris von Heesen belegt mit erschütternden Fakten und schlüssigen Argumenten, wie patriarchale Strukturen unsere Mobilität prägen und so die Verkehrswende blockieren. Ein aufrüttelnder Appell für eine sinnvolle Verkehrspolitik, von der alle profitieren würden.

289 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 12, 2025

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18 reviews
December 6, 2025
Ein sehr starkes Buch, das die strukturelle Schieflage unserer Gesellschaft klar sichtbar macht. Es zeigt überzeugend, wie viel Mann(!) in den letzten Jahren an Raum, Geld und Ressourcen durch die starke Autofixierung verschwendet hat und dass eine effektive Verkehrswende zugleich eine feministische sein muss!
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October 14, 2025
Yes Germany is a car country with an unhealthy and ridiculous pride on "our" car manufacturers, " car culture" and the bullshit toxic pseudo masculine fixation on big, loud powerful cars but the writing style hinders the book to get a bigger audience and is an example of preaching to the converted.
The authors gathers and connects data what the patriarchal fixation on cars costs the german public and how it hinders transformation and social equality in putting middle aged, above average earning men in their overblown cars first in every consideration.
But constantly writing about "archaic male fixation" and constantly injecting other terms like that into an otherwise pretty dry presentation and collection of data becomes annoying and grating.
Don't get me wrong, I find taking pride in a car ridiculous, I love bikes and think public transport should be free.
German highways need strict speed limits, their should be harder punishments for speed and harassment in car centered traffic, the author is really preaching to a converted in my case but his almost degrading writing style makes it easy for potential readers to neglect the book as a " oh he is just hating on men" case.
Every german minister of traffic should be slapped with this book but unfortunately I think it will only get a pretty niche audience.
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