"It must be obvious to all of us that society has a huge problem with male violence against women and that has a cost," Left Party deputy Gudrun Schyman told Swedish radio. "We must have a discussion where men understand they as a group have a responsibility," said Schyman, one of the party members to sign the motion for debate on the new tax.

Sweden has for a long time been a radical leftist country in all areas. Both in the fact that it has the biggest welfare state and the highest taxes in the world but also regarding the most far reaching "hate speech" laws outlawing negative comments about non-white minorities and homosexuals (Yes it is illegal to quote the Bible's view on homosexuality if you do not at the same time express disapproval of it) and in the fact that there are gender quotas in more and more areas. A law requiring all companies to have at least 40% women in their board of directors will be enacted soon. And there is strong pressure from feminists that the government should use its parental leave benefits to force fathers to spend equal time with their children as the mother do. So this proposal about a special "man tax" should come as no surprise given the radicalism of Swedish feminism.