Feminist Betrayal Of Universalism

Immigration, crime, and the cowardice of Western feminism.

Lars Møller | May 12, 2026

From Wikimedia Commons: Ladies Taking A Walk (Osman Hamdi Bey, 1887)

The disgusting events of New Year’s Eve 2015/2016 in Cologne and other German cities marked a visceral rupture in the European social contract. On that night, over 1,200 criminal complaints were filed, including roughly 500 sexual offenses, as coordinated groups of men—predominantly from North Africa and the Middle East—assaulted women in public spaces. By April 2016, of 153 identified suspects in Cologne, two-thirds hailed from North Africa, 44% were asylum-seekers, and 12% were in the country illegally.

Of course, the assaults—like a distant echo of the horror scenes unfolding after the fall of Constantinople—were anything but a random coincidence of isolated anomalies. As much as it would hurt to realize for those who celebrate “diversity” and “multiculturalism” as the pinnacle of civilization, there is a grim lesson to be learned: the assaults were in fact harbingers of deeper, structural incompatibilities introduced by mass migration from patriarchal, culturally rigid societies with an ideologically informed, judgmental view of Western women.

Subsequent official statistics paint a damning picture of persistent overrepresentation in sexual violence of foreigners, even as apologists invoke demographic excuses or rises in reporting. The response—or rather, the non-response—of mainstream Western feminism to this dismal reality reveals not nuance or sophistication, but moral cowardice and intellectual abdication.

Post-2015 data from Germany confirm the pattern. Nationwide, sexual assault and rape cases rose by nearly 13% in 2016 compared to 2015, with 9.1% involving at least one asylum-seeker suspect. In 2017, 3,597 sexual offenses were linked to asylum-seekers, refugees, or illegal immigrants, up from 3,329 the prior year. Asylum-seekers, comprising roughly 2% of the population, accounted for 15.9% of suspects in rape and sexual assault cases that year.

By early 2026, foreign nationals (around 15% of the population) remain significantly overrepresented in violent crime statistics. In 2025, police recorded 13,920 rape cases—a 9% increase from 2024—with non-Germans comprising a disproportionate share of........

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