Korean women's protest movement catches fire in America after latest election
A no-men lifestyle movement born in South Korea finds new supporters in US after recent political shifts. The four-point protest spreads globally as women reject traditional social expectations
In fall 2024‚ American women started joining a Korean-made protest movement that says no to men-related activities. The so-called 4B idea (which means four nos in Korean) tells women to skip dating marriage‚ kids and any contact with men
A social-media post states:
Its time we join Korean women. Men will NOT have access to our bodies
The movement got big after Donald Trump won – his court picks changed abortion rules and stopped another woman from becoming president. Now women in places like Turkey Malaysia‚ India and Brazil want to copy it
The roots of 4B come from South-Korea where women face real-world problems: they get paid 31.2% less than men (twice as bad as similar countries)‚ deal with spy-cams in bathrooms and feel scared walking alone at night. One Seoul resident says:
Korean men view feminism as an ideology comparable to Nazism
Yoon Suk Yeol‚ who runs South-Korea now wanted to close the Gender Equality office in 2022 – but women found their own way to protest. The birth-rate dropped to 0.72 kids per woman last year which is super-low
- No dating men
- No sex with men
- No getting married
- No having children
Women who join this protest also stop using make-up and cut their hair short. But speaking up isnt easy – some lost jobs for supporting womens rights‚ others got cyber-bullied so bad they took their own lives. A Seoul activist named Zoe thinks countries that dont see women will just vanish
