politics. it always has been. posts like these just scrape the surface,     and is full of delusions and lies. the liberal party, which has been backing and funding (vice versa) various feminist organizations, is generally considered at least cordial or pro china-nk party.  that said, they get lobbying from (directly or indirectly) from china. korean speakers in china and nk actively post on s. korean web to sow discontent. and one of many such ways is the gender issue. females are, as they are anywhere, gullible and sentimental. they get easily swayed by these reddit-esque liberal mottos, fake news, and what not. it does not help that over 90% of koreans have been accessing web since mid 2000s.  but you might ask: it can't all be politics, right? oh but it is. recently, there has been an "outcry" over a female only university turning into a unisex one. on surface level, it looked like feminist students just chimping out. but there were 1. non student vandalizing school properties in the name of protest 2. non student posting on the web pretending as one 3. undivided media attention 3 is important, because only a few days ago of this """protest""", it has been revealed in the court that a high ranking official of the korean trade union confederation, has been, in fact, receiving direct orders from north korea.  and organization is heavily related to, and supported by (vice versa) the left leaning party.  whose interests are tied with not only with these leftist activists (i am sure there are genuine activists) but also nk and china.  literally, korean society has been exposed to communist web astroturfing for fast two decades.  of course you end up with a bunch of angry incels and femcels and sexually ambiguous plastic freaks.
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