The leader of Poland’s ultra-conservative ruling party and deputy prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynskihas blamed the low birth rate young women in the country because “they drink like boys.
“There will be no babies if girls and young women continue to drink like boys until they are 25 years old,” said Kaczynski, who was Poland’s prime minister from 2006 to 2007. At 73, he is single and he has had no children.
“Where there are fewer children in Poland is in Warsaw, so it’s not just an economic issue, but a matter of attitude of the people, especially women“, he said during an act of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which came to power in 2015 in part thanks to its promises of aid for births and large families. Since then, Poland has imposed an almost total ban on abortion .
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“A man, to become an alcoholic, has to drink heavily for 20 years, while a woman only needs two“, has also opined, being against women having children at an early age because “They have to mature to become mothers.”
Criticism of Lewandowski’s Woman
The deputy of the opposition Civic Platform Barbara Nowaka has indicated on Twitter that Kaczynski’s statements show how far he is from the reality of “women, our plans, dreams and lives”.
He has also criticized the footballer’s wife Robert Lewandowski who, through social networks, has sent him a message. “Enough. It makes me angry when I see politicians unfairly accusing women instead of acknowledging the real problem,” she wrote.
This outburst is the latest in a long series of high-sounding interventions in recent weeks with the opposition, the trans community or Germany on target. Kaczynski is touring small towns in the country as a pre-campaign for the general elections scheduled for October 2023.
Statistics indicate that women drink significantly less than men, according to data from the Polish Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems. 10% of women between the ages of 18 and 29 drink more than 7.5 liters of alcohol a year and most of them are single, unemployed or students from big cities.
