1 week Ago By Falyn Stempler
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's win, there has been a surge of interest in the US for 4B , a South Korean feminist movement. Young women are discussing and sharing information about the movement in which women refuse to date, have sex, marry or have children with men. These young American women say they are fed up after a majority of their male counterparts voted for a candidate whose appointments to the Supreme Court have led to the overturning of national abortion rights protections.
They have declared that they are swearing off men – and are spreading the word to their female comrades. At least one twenty-something woman told Daily Express US she deleted her apps after the election was called for Trump. "I literally can't stomach it right now," Andrea Neu, a 26-year-old woman in New Jersey, told Daily Express US.
"If a man wants to meet me, he can be normal and meet organically and make an actual connection based on shared morals and values like, oh, I don't know that women and men are f---ing equal." What is the 4B movement? 4B is a shorthand for the four Korean words bihon, bichulsan, biyeonae and bisekseu, which translate to no marriage, no childbirth, no dating and no sex with men. DON'T MISS.
.. Woman denied care for life-threatening pregnancy under abortion ban Donald Trump says he will 'protect' women 'whether they like it or not' Several states cracking down on abortion as dogs sniff mail to intercept pills The 4B movement emerged in South Korea around 2015 or 2016 and is mostly popular among young women in their 20s, according to Ju Hui Judy Han, an assistant professor in gender studies at the University of California , Los Angeles.
She explained the movement was inspired by #MeToo and other feminist movements that arose during the time in response to gender inequality in the country. One particular incident in South Korea that captured the nation happened in 2016 when a woman was brutally killed by a man who reportedly felt ignored by the opposite gender near a Seoul subway station. The horrific crime sparked a national reckoning around the treatment of women, including conversations about femicide and other digital sex crimes.
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