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What is 4B? South Korean protest movement hits USA after Donald Trump's victory


What is 4B? South Korean protest movement hits USA after Donald Trump's victory

According to the British newspaper The, interest in a new political movement in the US has increased following the re-election of Donald Trump as president Independent.

Thousands of people have posted on TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter, about their participation in the 4B Movement, a feminist protest movement that emerged in South Korea in 2019.

The movement is gaining traction in response to the male majority who voted for Trump and could have strong sociopolitical implications.

Newsweek The Trump campaign emailed outside of business hours seeking comment.

Women's march before the presidential election
Women march to the White House during the Women's March rally on November 2, 2024. Women in America are expressing their support for the 4B movement on social media.

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The 4B movement stipulates four “no’s”: no sex with men, no giving birth, no dating men, and no marriage with men. The words for the terms in Korean all begin with the prefix “bi,” which means “no,” Bustle reports.

Sex strikes, a form of protest more widespread and older than the 4B movement, have taken place in countries around the world, including Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, Italy, the Philippines, South Sudan and Togo.

Actress Alyssa Milano called for sex strikes in 2019 in response to a law in the US state of Georgia that would make abortions more difficult.

The 4B movement, which began on Twitter in 2017, officially launched in 2019 amid a wave of anti-feminist movements following the election of conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Trump's rhetoric and his appointment of three Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, resulting in nationwide abortion bans, have contributed to 4B supporters' sense that gender inequality is a major concern represents problem.

The president-elect also faced criticism when a leaked video resurfaced of him talking about women and saying he could “grab them by the pussy.” Access Hollywood Interview with Billy Bush in 2005.

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris have taken the helm in promoting the 4B movement as her campaign focused on women's rights, particularly regarding reproductive rights and health care.

However, some social media users expressed concerns that supporting the movement could lead to a rapid decline in birth rates in the US, it said Elle Magazine.

South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world and continues to decline, and many attribute this to the 4B movement, according to MSN.com.

Some have also expressed concerns on social media that the emergence of the 4B movement in the United States could lead to rising rates of violence against women.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, gender inequality remains a significant issue, with women earning an average of 84 percent of a man's salary when working full-time, year-round.

Violence against women also remains a major problem: According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, more than one in three women have reported experiencing rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime.

It is said that the number of femicides, in which women are killed by men, has risen rapidly in recent years Guardian.

Women's health research is underfunded in the United States, according to a 2021 study Women's Health Journaland abortion remains banned or heavily restricted in many states, although bans in some, such as Missouri and Nevada, were lifted on November 5.

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