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A Männergarten is a temporary day-care and activities space for men in German-speaking countries while their wives or girlfriends go shopping. The word is a compound literally meaning "men's garden", formed by analogy to kindergarten. Historically, the expression has also been used for gender-specific sections in lunatic asylums, monasteries and clinics.〔See: Jakob Fischel, ''Prag's K. K. Irrenanstalt und ihr Wirken seit ihrem Entstehen bis incl. 1850.'' Erlangen: Enke, 1853, 〕 While a "husband chair" is the informal English expression for smaller waiting areas for men in women's clothing shops, Germans ironically call it Männerparkplatz (men's parking space), meaning "a place where men can be parked". The similar sounding men's parking space in Triberg is however a marketing gag in a parking garage, where bays difficult to reach are dedicated for ''real men''.〔''Focus Online'': (''Deutschlands erste Männerparkplätze: Ist das sexistisch? Hier rangieren nur echte Kerle'' ), abgerufen am 15. Juli 2012.〕 == Männergarten, Männerparkplatz, ''Garderie pour hommes'' == The first Männergarten in Germany opened in Hamburg in 2003. At the Bleichenhof Mall, each Saturday men were entitled for a flat fee to two beers, a snack and access to male-oriented amusements: a model railway, handicrafts, men's magazines and sport broadcasts.〔Philipp Dahm: "Wenn der Gatte beim Einkauf nörgelt – 'Männergarten' hilft", ''Leipziger Volkszeitung'', 13 October 2003, p. 24 (quoted in: Tobias Wengler, ''Auswirkungen des Internet-Handels auf Shopping-Center. Eine empirische Analyse zu den Auswirkungen auf die Gestaltung und das Management von Shopping-Centern'', Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-2723-X, p. 210 and footnote 715 (Dissertation, University of Leipzig 2005)) 〕 The marketing concept was reported widely and received an ironic media response.〔("Männergarten: Nie mehr Stress beim Shoppen" ), ''Spiegel Online'', 26 September 2003, accessed 15 May 2013 〕〔Silke Burmester, ("Neuer Trend. Männer parken" ), ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', 7 October 2003 (republished on Süddeutsche.de 10 May 2010); accessed 15 May 2013) 〕 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung titled - "day care offer - have your man being taken care of per hour".〔("Betreuungsangebot. Männer stundenweise abzugeben" ), FAZ.net, 17 October 2013, accessed 15 May 2013 〕 There were several copies and follow-ups. In Cologne, the locally famous Bier-Esel Inn opened the first ''Männergarten'' in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturdays in its biergarten. Die Welt commented under the title "Here you get rid of your husband".〔Frank Lorentz, ("Hier werden Sie Ihren Mann los" ), ''Welt am Sonntag'', 19 October 2003, accessed 15 May 2013 〕 Another restaurant in Hamburg offering churrascaria for coach tours introduced a special offer for such groups: while the women shop, men have fun in the Männergarten and on gender-specific excursions.〔Helmut Heigert, ("Hier parken Frauen ihre Männer" ), ''Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung'' 2007/45, 10 November 2007, accessed 15 May 2013 〕〔Eike Wenzel, Andreas Haderlein and Patrick Mijnals, ''Future Shopping. Die neue Lust an der Verführung – die wichtigsten Trends'', Munich: verlag moderne industrie, 2009, ISBN 978-3-636-03168-6, p. 139 〕 Some German municipalities have Männergärten as temporary events. Obernzell in Bavaria offered a weißwurst breakfast, lunch, coffee and schafkopf, a Nagelbalken competition and an entertainment programme with a local association showing historical Zündapp mopeds.〔("1. Obernzeller Männergarten mit Zündapptreffen. Samstag 20. April 2013" ), Trachtenstadls Obernzell, accessed 15 May 2013 〕 On International Women's Day 2012, Xanten offered a men's day care programme in a computer shop. The same service, described as a ''Männerparkplatz'', was offered in the Black Forest town of St. Georgen im Schwarzwald.〔("Modeflohmarkt mit Männerparkplatz" ), ''Schwarzwälder Bote'', 19 April 2013, accessed 15 May 2013 〕 French shopping malls have similar offers under the tag ''garderie pour hommes'', for example the Galeries Lafayette in Paris〔''Garderie pour hommes'', ''Cigale Magazine'', July 2006, p. 4 〕 or temporarily in 2010 in Carré Sénart.〔("Faites vos courses, on garde votre homme!" ), ''Le Parisien'' 7 January 2010, accessed 16 May 2013 〕 IKEA tried the concept for four days in 2011 in a shop in Sydney. It meant to offer women a spending reprieve from "whining husbands" over Father's Day weekend. Echoing their ''Smaland'' daycare service for children, it was called ''Manland''.〔("Manland: IKEA's day-care for husbands: The Scandinavian furniture maker tries to put men (and women) in their place" ), ''The Week'', 16 September 2011, accessed 16 May 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Männergarten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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