The mayor of Cologne, Germany, is being criticized after saying women in the town should abide by a new “code of conduct” following accusations of sexual assault on New Year’s Eve.
The widespread assault happened during a fireworks show, with hundreds of men of “North African and Arab” origin running around and groping women, police said. One woman was even raped.
But Mayor Henritte Reker focused on what the women could have done differently, telling reporters after an emergency meeting of local officials that, “It is important to prevent such incidents from ever happening again.”
The proposed code of conduct includes staying an arm’s length away from strangers, remaining within your own group, and asking bystanders for intervene or to help as witnesses, she said, reported RP Online.
