4B movement
4B (or "Four No's") is a radical feminist movement originating in South Korea in 2019.[1][2] Its members renounce four activities:
- sex (비섹스, bisekseu),
- child-rearing (비출산, bichulsan),
- dating (비연애, biyeonae), and
- marriage with men (비혼, bihon).[1][3]
Jung Se-young and Baeck Ha-na, two proponents, criticize marriage as reinforcing gender roles in South Korea.[3] The movement draws some amount of inspiration from the novel Kim Ji-young, Born 1982, as does South Korea's Me Too and "Escape the Corset" movements.[2] The 4B movement claimed to have 4,000 members in 2019.[4]
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References
- ^ a b "The feminist movement urging South Korean women to shun marriage". South China Morning Post. December 7, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ a b Smith, Nicola (2020-02-29). "War of the sexes in South Korea as novel becomes feminist handbook". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ a b Yi, Beh Lih (2020-01-20). "No sex, no babies: South Korea's emerging feminists reject marriage". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "South Korean radical feminism: No dating, sex, marriage or children". AsiaNews. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2021-03-08.