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Triberg, a small city of five thousand inhabitants, has an extremely steep topography. It has waterfalls. In 2010, Triberg was reportedly visited by about 250,000 tourists per year,[http://www.badische-zeitung.de/suedwest-1/erlebniswelt-triberg-steht-vor-dem-aus--27998858.html Millionenprojekt Erlebniswelt Triberg steht vor dem Aus] Mo, 8. March 2010 00:04 Badische Zeitung most of whom came to see the waterfalls on a day-tour basis. After the 9/11 attacks, Americans, who had been frequent visitors, became less likely to visit. That and the decline of the local watchmaking industry have caused problems for Triberg's economy.{{cite news|last=Siegert|first=Alice|title=Time Running Out For Clockmakers|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/12/time-running-out-for-clockmakers/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=12 March 1987}}

In 2007 Max-Dieter Mack {{Who|date=July 2013}} presented preliminary plans for a €90 million Amusement park, Erlebniswelt Triberg, on a former industrial site in the municipality. Mack, an architect, is a Triberg native and relative of leisure park mogul Roland Mack. The parking garage at Kreuzstraße is the only planned building constructed so far. Mack was not commissioned for this. Instead of the theme park, a smaller shopping mall and some comparably humble attractions are now on schedule.[http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/triberg/Parkhaus-statt-Erlebniswelt;art410964,5541249 "Triberg Parkhaus statt Erlebniswelt"], suedkurier.de, 9 June 2012. (in German) The back of the parking garage is angled to follow the course of the River Gutach. Therefore, two parking bays, one on each level, have a peculiar shape and can be reached only by a complicated parking maneuver. Mayor Strobel and the architects, Judith Haas and Mattias Huismanns, deliberated about excluding those two bays from the garage of 220 bays, which was built for €2 million.[http://www.pz-news.de/baden-wuerttemberg_artikel,-Maennerparkplaetze-in-Triberg-Besonders-schwer-zu-beparken-_arid,354954.html "Männerparkplätze" in Triberg: Besonders schwer zu beparken], Pforzheimer Zeitung, 6. 6 July 2012[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article107919900/Darum-gibt-es-in-Triberg-Parkplaetze-nur-fuer-Maenner.html Darum gibt es in Triberg Parkplätze nur für Männer], Welt Online, 6 July 2012. (in German)

Strobel decided to declare them men's parking spaces. Per the state garage regulations in force in Baden-Wuerttemberg, ten per cent of all stalls (numbering twelve and of the standard shape and size) had to be declared for women in any event,{{cite web|url=http://www.dejure.org/gesetze/GaVO/4.html|title=§ 4 GaVO Stellplätze und Fahrgassen, Frauenparkplätze - dejure.org|work=dejure.org|accessdate=28 August 2015}} but their misuse by men is not punishable according to the StVO (the federal Straßenverkehrsordnung, or Highway Code of Germany). Accordingly, the only recourse available to property owners is to eject the misuser for trespassing or to tow his (or her) car; the operator of this particular garage (i.e. the government of the city of Triberg) declines to take either of these actions and instead appeals to the honour system in the case of the women's spaces and to the skill of the driver, whatsoever his or her sex, for the 'men's'.

{{see also|Women's parking space}}

According to Ruth Becker's {{Who|date=July 2013}} research about risk zones in town planning, women have more to fear in personal surroundings and at home, while men are the object (and dominantly subject) of attacks in the outside world.Ruth Becker Zeitschrift für Frauenforschung und Geschlechterstudien, Jg. 18, H. 4, 2000, p. 49-65 (5 Tab.); {{ISSN|0946-5596}} Standort: USB Köln(38)-FHM XG6137 Becker refers to U.S. author Elizabeth Wilson's Sphinx in the cityThe sphinx in the city: urban life, the control of disorder, and women, University of California Press, 1992 and assume that women overestimate the dangers of urban surroundings. Herbert Glasauer doubts that women's parking spaces have a positive effect, and sees them as a sort of backlash perpetuating a damsel in distress perspective instead of addressing actual violence.Herbert Glasauer Gewalt ist nicht immer und überall, Georg Glasze, Robert Pütz, Manfred Rolfes: Diskurs, Stadt, Kriminalität: Städtische(Un-)Sicherheiten aus der Perspektive von Stadtforschung und kritischer Kriminalgeographie. transcript Verlag, 2005. S.206ff

Men's parking spaces, as in the Triberg example, are for the braveFocus Online: [http://www.focus.de/auto/ratgeber/unterhaltung/deutschlands-erste-maennerparkplaetze-ist-das-sexistisch-hier-rangieren-nur-echte-kerle_aid_779440.html "Deutschlands erste Männerparkplätze: Ist das sexistisch? Hier rangieren nur echte Kerle"], focus.de retrieved 15 July 2012. (in German) and ask their users to cope with risk, darkness, wilderness, and skill. Even before the Triberg controversy, for example, German satirist Florian Willet demanded in 2011 that the riskiest places in garages to be reserved for "real men"."Deutschlands Frauen schaffen ihre Männer ab: Florian Willet erklärt weiblichen Chauvinismus", verlag-ludwig.de, 2011, p. 209. (in German) An American reporter in Utah noted that an American mayor attempting to set up a men's parking space would face greater legal risk compared to Strobel.[http://www.ksl.com/?nid=151&sid=22114877 Gender-specific parking stalls: A lawsuit waiting to happen?] Rachel Lewis, ksl.com 12 September 2012

The dedication, planned as a practical joke and a way to alert unskilled drivers to the specific challenge of the two parking slots, attracted worldwide media coverage.Spiegel Online: [http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/maennerparkplaetze-in-der-schwarzwald-stadt-triberg-a-843013.html "Hier nur Männer!"], spiegel.de/panorama, 15 July 2012. (in German)[http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/triberg/Parkhaus-Idee-macht-Triberg-beruehmt;art410964,5584050 "Parkhaus-Idee macht Triberg berühmt"], suedkurier.de, 7 July 2012. (in German)

US television networks, including ABC and NBC News, reported the story.[http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/sexist-parking-plan-german-mayor-creates-male-only-spots.html "Sexist Parking Plan? German Mayor Creates Male-Only Spots"], abcnewsradioonline.com. Becky Bratu, a news journalist with NBC News, suggested that Mayor Gallus Strobel had increased the threshold for drivers to attract more tourists. NBC News quoted Mayor Strobel's interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung to challenge political correctness, and his hope the tight spaces would be an attraction for ambitious drivers.[http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/10/12664764-german-mayor-designates-parking-spaces-just-for-men?lite "German mayor designates parking spaces just for men"], worldnews.nbcnews.com, 10 July 2012.

Mayor Strobel had media contacts and interviews with French,[http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2012/07/11/01003-20120711ARTFIG00335-en-allemagne-des-places-de-parking-interdites-aux-femmes.php?page=&pagination=3 "En Allemagne, des places de parking interdites aux femmes"], Le Figaro, 11 July 2012. (in French) English,[http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.triberg-weltweites-aufsehen.0e49a4ec-3ddd-49df-8097-7ed4cf57f0ad.html "Weltweites Aufsehen"], Schwarzwälder Bote. (in German)[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/12/german-mayor-men-only-parking German mayor defends 'men only' parking spaces.], guardian.co.uk, 12 July 2012. Italian, and South African media.[http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/german-town-s-male-only-parkings-1.1337765 "German town's ‘male only’ parking], iol.co.za Le Figaro quoted Strobel as stating "Une ville touristique se doit de faire parler d'elle" ("A tourist town has to make people talk about it").

The Huffington Post reported: "A town in southwest Germany has drawn accusations of sexism after designating two particularly tricky parking spaces "men only".[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/men-only-parking-comes-to_n_1670852.html "'Men Only' Parking Comes To German Town"], Huffington Post, 13 July 2012 The Associated Press was on site.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/german-mayor-defends-men-only-parking-spots-1.1267646 "German mayor defends 'men only' parking spots"], Associated Press, 12 July 2012. The Daily Telegraph in UK,[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9393451/Easy-parking-spots-for-women-introduced-by-German-mayor.html "'Easy' parking spots for women introduced by German mayor"], telegraph.co.uk a women's magazine in Morocco,[http://issuu.com/vamp_magazine/docs/vamp_06/search?q=triberg "Are women worse driver than men?"], issuu.com/vamp_magazine/docs and Norway's Aftenposten also reported.Arild Færaas, [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Tysk-by-reserverer-parkeringsplasser-kun-for-menn-6937772.html#.UZ6Pu9jxeSo "Tysk by reserverer parkeringsplasser kun for menn Byen Triberg har reservert to plasser i et parkeringsplass for mannlige sjåfører. Årsak: Det er så vanskelig å parkere der."] Aftenposten, 6 July 2012. (in German)

Times of India reporter Kritika Kapoor wrote an article on the issue. She quoted Strobel about his secretary's failure to park on the slot, saying "Five times she tried and no success", and inviting women to stand for the challenge. "Women can come here and prove me wrong, and while they're at it, they can see the town's attractions." Kapoor pointed out that Triberg's introduction of gendered parking is not the first example of sexist parking spots.[https://archive.today/20130103160012/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/man-woman/33064457_1_spaces-spots-parallel-park "Women, a parking menace?"], TNN, 6 August 2012.

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The Greens' youth association of Ortenau wrote an open letter against the parking spots[http://www.gj-ortenau.de/shared/brief.pdf "Offener Brief der Grünen Jugend Ortenau"], gj-ortenau.de (in German) and gender equality official Anette Klaas of the neighboring Waldshut-Tiengen district criticized them as "a foolhardy provocation".[http://www.bo.de/Lokales/Ortenau/Geschlechterkampf-im-Parkhaus2 "Geschlechterkampf im Parkhaus Triberger Männerparkplätze sorgen für Furore/Für die einen ein netter Gag, für die anderen Sexismus"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234442/http://www.bo.de/lokales/ortenau/geschlechterkampf-im-parkhaus2 |date=4 March 2016 }}, bo.de, 23 August 2012. (in German)

Strobel, who has a legal background and holds a PhD in the history of law,Gallus Strobel, Zum Fabrikarbeitsvertrag in Deutschland im 19. Jahrhundert. Vertragsfreiheit und Kinderschutz, 1986 countered that the critics were being humourless and described the dedication as usage of a cliché for city marketing.[http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/triberg/Strobel-antwortet-gruener-Jugend;art410964,5646777 "Strobel antwortet grüner Jugend"], suedkurier.de (in German) Dieter Stein, a writer living in Triberg, published a humorous booklet about the story.Schwarzwälder Bote: [http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.triberg-humorvolle-hotelgeschichten.2800066a-6355-4a74-8f39-9c5dfe1fbbbc.html "Triberg Humorvolle Hotelgeschichten"], schwarzwaelder-bote.de (in German) The men's parking slots are included in city tours, and Triberg also sells merchandising articles.[http://www.focus.de/auto/ratgeber/unterhaltung/jetzt-gibt-es-sogar-t-shirts-neuer-zoff-um-maennerparkplaetze_aid_801914.html "Neuer Zoff um Männerparkplätze"], focus.de, 17 August 2012. (in German)

The gender-based parking has been featured in annual TV retrospectives in Germany and South Africa. In 2013, Gallus Strobel was a guest on several television programmes, and the local carnival association baptized and tested the parking lots.{{Clarify|date=July 2013}} The number of tourists and visitors to Triberg increased to almost 400,000 in 2012, compared to 250,000 annually before. Neighboring St. Georgen came up with a temporary men's parking place, in the sense of a place where men are being parked (Männergarten).[http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.st-georgen-modeflohmarktmit-maennerparkplatz.efa1d01e-3f6c-4f5f-a095-bdf453a69a53.html "Modeflohmarkt mit Männerparkplatz"], Schwarzwälder Bote, 19 April 2013; accessed 15 May 2013. (in German)

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• [http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/maennerparkplaetze-in-der-schwarzwald-stadt-triberg-a-843013.html Parkplätze in Triberg: Hier nur Männer!], Interview of Strobel in Spiegel Online 6. Juli 2012
• [http://www.schwaebische.de/journal/vermischtes/video_videoid,56704.html Local newspaper Schwäbische], Video 10. Juli 2012
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pbeewf77DQ parking exercise of the local carnival association in full gear 2013]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxY_Qizvv4E Landesschau Baden Württemberg 2012]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KajyhRcJq7g TTV Südbaden]

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