This statistic displays the outcome of a survey on attitudes towards gender diversity in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2017. The share of Dutch respondents with positive attitudes towards gender diversity is roughly 60 percent. Roughly 10 percent of the respondents, on the other hand, have negative attitudes towards gender diversity.
Distribution of attitudes towards gender diversity in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2017
This statistic is the average score of respondents over a number of statements concerning gender diversity, which include: "Ik verbreek de vriendschap als blijkt dat een goede vriendin
haar lichaam wil laten aanpassen om man te worden" (English: I break off the friendship when it turns out a good friend wants to modify her body to become a man), "Ik verbreek de vriendschap als blijkt dat een goede vriend zijn
lichaam wil laten aanpassen om vrouw te worden" (English: I break off the friendship when it turns out a good friend wants to modify his body to become a woman), "Er is iets mis met mensen die zich geen man of vrouw voelen" (English: There is something wrong with people who do not feel like a man or a woman), "Ik ga liever niet om met mensen van wie niet duidelijk is of ze
man of vrouw zijn" (English: I'd rather not associate with people of whom it is not clear whether they are male or female), "Als ik iemand ontmoet, dan vind ik het belangrijk om te
weten of iemand man of vrouw is" (English: When I meet someone I find it important to know whether someone is male or female), "Als iemand goed heeft nagedacht over het veranderen van
zijn of haar geslacht, dan is een operatie een goed idee" (English: When someone has considered changing gender thoroughly, an operation is a good idea) and "Operaties om van geslacht te veranderen moeten mensen
zelf maar betalen" (English: Gender-changing operation should be paid by people themselves)
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
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