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A very good friend of mine is from S. Korea, though she moved out a few years ago. The things she used to tell me about her (now ex) boyfriend back home left me

Korean men, they're not OK, folks. Ok, at least this dude was definitely not okay. Can't say i know about most of them based on a single shitty boyfriend, but this article, and the way my friend talked about it as if it was normal doesn't help things.

Is there any way to know what's going on in the DPRK regarding these issues?

Imo this type of gendered violence is largely facilitated by the capitalism. As more and more wealth and power are extracted from the working class, the burdens on the working class are greater and greater, and things like homeownership and being able to afford having children are increasingly out of reach. The capitalist class responds to this by basically saying "Just have children anyways and be poor about it. Work harder and give me more profit and more coerced laborers." Like, a lot of people who don't have kids would like to, they just want to give their kids a good standard of living. But instead of allowing the common people to have the fruits of their labor, the capitalist class keeps those for themselves. And so the common people are left in this place where for many there's not money and time for relationships, homeownership, kids, etc. Men who don't have a good class and feminist analysis end up blaming this on women, and women who have any other options don't want to put up with these vile abusers. Men with violent incel energy don't stop having that energy once they're married, in a relationship, or sleeping with someone; instead, they'll continue to use their misogyny to blame women for the problems created by the capitalist class.

The labor of women, while downplayed in value under capitalism, is actually very vital to the system continuing. Women are expected to create and raise children, run the household, do a huge amount of logistical and organizational labor, and appease men and basically comfort them and ameliorate the negative affects of capitalism on the men. Women are expected to provide sexual gratification, emotional support, free time, meals, and a clean and pleasant living space, in addition to caring for the needs of children, organizing household affairs, and having a career. That's a lot. Women are one of the dumping grounds for labor under capitalism, expected to do the same work in careers as men plus all the other labor that is trivialized under capitalism, but very important for the propagation of capitalism.

I expect these types of gendered conflicts to continue. I hope people as a whole will figure out that the class element is important too. It would be great if we could have all genders of the proletariat working together in harmony to take back what capital has robbed us of, and establish a culture of consent.

I don't want to give the Korean feminists too much credit because there's some ugly TERFism in the movement that needs to be stamped out with great prejudice

But this article is not exaggerating about the deeply sexist and patriarchal culture that exists there

It's because I'm dating them all, sorry fellas

Seems like women in a lot of countries are doing this more because men are exhausting. Feel bad for women in countries like South Korea or the US where such a large portion of the population are unhinged right-wingers.

Broke: Korean women are being prudes and avoiding womanly duties!

Woke: Korean women have agency and are avoiding the pitfalls of dating/procreating in a patriarchal capitalist society riddled with abuse

Bespoke: Korean women have taken up the volcel pledge in solidarity with Rojava