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A new study commissioned by Plan International Germany has found that hundreds of men in Germany believe it s acceptable to use violence with their female partners, with 34% admitting to having been violent towards women in the past.
A survey commissioned by Plan International Germany found that 33% of male respondents thought violence against women was acceptable. Almost half of respondents also felt "disturbed" by public displays of homosexuality.
It further found that 52 percent of men said they believed their role was to be the main provider in a relationship, and that that their partner should mostly run the household.
More than a third of men in Germany find violence against women "acceptable", according to survey results that campaigners described as "shocking" on Sunday.