In Germany, after Canada offered to make the national anthem “gender neutral” : In the World : Vladim

Christine rose-moehring, responsible for addressing issues related to gender equality, proposed to change the words of the national anthem of Germany, to make it gender tolerant. This information was placed on the pages of Die Welt.

Motivation of the legislative initiative is in the approach of International women’s day. In the present embodiment, Mehring calls to fix the word “Fatherland” – it is in German is masculine, the word “homeland”, and change line of the second verse of “brotherly with heart and hand” to “manfully with heart and hand.” These small changes, says gender rights advocate, will make the text more tolerant.

National anthem of Germany was written more than two centuries ago. The words of Heinrich Hoffmann set to music by Joseph Haydn. The tune was originally dedicated to the Emperor of Austria, but then moved smoothly in Prussia. Goffman later write the famous text “Germany above all”, which will also be changed in several places: first Bismarck, then Emperor Wilhelm, and then Hitler.