Life Without Men: The 4B Movement

Learning from the history of Korean women to understand contemporary gender wars.

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editing by Danae O.

thumbnail by @BABILA.

voiceovers by heyhajpaj (TikTok) and Courtney Park (courtneeypark on TikTok) and also Danae for the wink sound effect

special thanks to Haeryun Kang, Nellie Karengo, Lily Alexandre, Hawon Jung

00:00 introduction
03:57 what is the 4b movement?
08:48 the marriage strike
23:09 women in korea: a brief history
41:17 missing the forest for the bears
1:03:58 conclusion: bottari

Selected Bibliography

Forest Dilemma: Man vs. Bear, TikTok Trend! by screenshothq https://www.tiktok.com/@screenshothq/video/7356208240008498465

Addressing Gender Gap and Low Birth Rate in Korea | 4B Movement by jeaniekwon https://www.tiktok.com/@denimchromosome/video/7336464330709323038

Jung, H. (2023). Flowers of fire: The inside story of South Korea’s feminist movement and what it means for women’s rights worldwide. BenBella Books, Inc.

Pak, M. (2005). Birth of Resistance: Stories of Eight Women Worker Activists. Korea Democracy Foundation.

The Straits Times (2024). Only half of South Koreans willing to marry; fewer want kids. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/only-half-of-south-koreans-willing-to-marry-even-less-want-kids#:~:text=SEOUL%20%E2%80%93%20Only%20half%20of%20South,on%20March%2017%20has%20shown.

A History of Korean Women - The Understanding Korea Series (UKS) 12. https://www.aks.ac.kr/ikorea/cms/usr/wap/selectAplctnData.do?siteAplctnId=koreaReferenceCiaEng&referenceSeq=5301188&menuNo=5010110000&aplctnLangSearch=eng&lang=eng

This video brought back memories honestly by Yuvaltheterrible https://www.tiktok.com/@yuvaltheterrible/video/7361887267721448747?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7209073465519769131

This comment pissed me TF off by Kyla Hsia https://www.tiktok.com/@kylahsia/video/7355217442160921898?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7209073465519769131

Lee, W. (2019). Responding to Misogyny, Reciprocating Hate Speech - South Korea's Online Feminism Movement: Megalia. Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Turner, P. (2024). South Korea’s hostility to LGBT issues is a failure to uphold basic human rights. Korea Pro.
https://koreapro.org/2024/03/south-koreas-hostility-to-lgbt-issues-is-a-failure-to-uphold-basic-human-rights/

Jung, H. (2023) The South Korean woman who adopted her best friend. AlJazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/2/the-south-korean-woman-who-adopted-her-best-friend

Lee, J. (2015). Sooja Kim’s Wrapping Cloth: The Aesthetics of Paradox. Woman’s Art Journal, 36(1), 19–26. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26430739

Healy, K. (2017). Fuck Nuance. American Sociological Association, Vol. 35(2) 118–127.

Тэги:

#4b_movement #korea #feminism #tiktok

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