Gay Violence: Moroccans are often

Amsterdam researchers come to different conclusions about anti-gay violence than Justice and Home Affairs.

Moroccans in Amsterdam over-represented among the perpetrators of violence against homosexuals. Figures on the nationwide scale of anti-gay violence, there are hardly any.

Three scientists from the University of Amsterdam arrive at these conclusions, which differ remarkably enough of a reporting Hague earlier this week, in which the Ministries of Justice and Home Affairs on the basis of precise figures looking to establish that the vast majority of the perpetrators native.

Laurens Buijs, Gert Hekma and Jan Willem Duyvendak pay the title of their Thursday at the City Hall presented research on anti-gay violence in Amsterdam directly as a major offender motive, but if they touch me. If the dead are many perpetrators that they are gay who make no secret of their sexual orientation harassment.

When Moroccans play especially against female behavior repugnant and the idea of anal sex a role. Which according to the researchers weather can be traced to the strong macho culture among many Moroccan (street) people, in which tough, masculine behavior and transverse ( 'in street of the boys: destroy hard') gives the highest achievable status.

Religion, said the researchers, has little or no influence on the gay hostile behavior. Nor has shown that the over-representation of Moroccans would have something to do with nasty sexual experiences in their youth.

The scientists cite in this context stadsdeelvoorzitter Marcouch of Amsterdam-Slotervaart, which has recently indicated that many young Moroccans and abused by pedophiles, so they develop an aggression against gay programs.

Almost all the perpetrators - and that goes for all ethnic groups - are poorly educated and come from problem.

For the study, commissioned by the Amsterdam city council, the scientists' methodical trap model 'is used. Through a survey in middle schools, a picture formed of views on homosexuals and anti-gay violence.

Then there was' focus group 'place with seven groups of young people who accordance with current insights faster anti-gay violence should consult than others. " Finally, interviewed dozens of perpetrators or their criminal records are studied.

Suspects of physical violence - at least in Amsterdam - are mostly boys of 17-25 years old. They are just as often as native Dutch of Moroccan descent, 36 percent each.

But because white Dutch people in that age group 39 per cent of the total Moroccans and 16 percent has been clear about Moroccan representation.

Remarkably, especially given the national figure mentioned in earlier reporting Hague, the setting of the researchers from the University of Amsterdam that making comparisons with other cities in the Netherlands' not possible because of the way of registering many police forces and how the police operation systems. "

Although far from ideal, the registration of the Amsterdam police said it best when it comes to tracing and analysis of anti-gay violence.

Buijs, Hekma and Duyvendak say that the anti-gay violence is not limited to Amsterdam. Even cities such as Berlin, Barcelona, London and even New York regularly report serious incidents.