Elliot Sang | Life Without Men: The 4B Movement @elliotsangestevez | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Learning from the history of Korean women to understand contemporary gender wars.
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editing by Danae O.
thumbnail by @BABILA. and Danae O.
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 tiktok.com/@screenshothq/video/7356208240008498465
Addressing Gender Gap and Low Birth Rate in Korea | 4B Movement by jeaniekwon 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. 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 tiktok.com/@yuvaltheterrible/video/7361887267721448747?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7209073465519769131
This comment pissed me TF off by Kyla Hsia 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.
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. 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. jstor.org/stable/26430739
Healy, K. (2017). Fuck Nuance. American Sociological Association, Vol. 35(2) 118–127.
Learning from the history of Korean women to understand contemporary gender wars.
If you like our videos, please consider supporting us for $5 a month, which will get you access to use cool special emojis on our channel as a token of appreciation: youtube.com/channel/UCqpg8i6CryfkIw0uqytHsow/join
Join my Patreon to help support my channel, I'm uploading podcasts with content creators on there like Noah Samsen and Lily Alexandre once a week: patreon.com/ElliotSang
editing by Danae O.
thumbnail by @BABILA. and Danae O.
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 tiktok.com/@screenshothq/video/7356208240008498465
Addressing Gender Gap and Low Birth Rate in Korea | 4B Movement by jeaniekwon 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. 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 tiktok.com/@yuvaltheterrible/video/7361887267721448747?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7209073465519769131
This comment pissed me TF off by Kyla Hsia 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.
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. 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. jstor.org/stable/26430739
Healy, K. (2017). Fuck Nuance. American Sociological Association, Vol. 35(2) 118–127.
