Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who was attacked by a man last week, claimed today that female politicians are being criticized because of their gender.

In her first public appearance a week after her attack, the 46-year-old prime minister said:It is more difficult for women to be accepted in power than for men“, she emphasized during a political festival on the island of Bornholm, the beginning of her return to public appearances.

“I wasn’t very good at referring to and talking about myself as a womanin politics, he noted.

“I think some of the criticism that Helle (Tornning-Schmidt s.a. the first female head of a government in Denmark) and I have received has to do with our genderFrederiksen pointed out.

In 2019, at the age of 41, Frederiksen became the youngest prime minister of a Nordic country and retained her position after her party won the 2022 parliamentary elections.

“I was too busy taking care of you, taking care of our country which was in a very difficult situation, but maybe not so good at taking care of myself“, he said.

On Tuesday, in an interview with public broadcaster DR, she lamented the hardening of the tone in political dialogue.

“We all know, regardless of party, that borders are changing dramatically, especially after the start of war in the Middle East“, he said.

On June 7, the Danish Prime Minister was attacked while walking in the center of Copenhagen.

The alleged perpetrator of the attack, a 39-year-old Pole, was immediately arrested and has been in custody since then.

The police believe that his act was not politically motivated.