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Following Donald Trump’s recent election victory, Google searches for “4B,” a South Korean feminist movement advocating a “no sex, no dating, no marriage, no children” stance, surged in the U.S.

The 4B movement, popular among young women on social media, promotes individual resistance against conservative politics and the erosion of reproductive rights.

The trend reflects a broader ideological divide between young men and women in the U.S., where women under 30 are significantly more liberal than men.

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 16 hours ago

I think those ladies don't give a fuck.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

And if you speak up on Politics Lemmy about feminism, or fight back against sexist men as a woman, mod Jordan Lund will build a case to ban you. He is a fascist.

[–] noisefree@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Self-selective removal of oneself and those of probable left-leaning male partners from the gene pool* is certainly one strategy left-leaning women could try in the fight for a political environment where their rights are protected and progress further. Probably a terrible strategy, but certainly one that could be chosen.

I respect any individual's bodily autonomy and am not trying to make a statement in favor of men having a right to access or anything like that. It's just an illogical movement if the goal is a society that has more individuals likely to support women's rights - the gamble that thirsty men of the left will somehow save the day or that it would affect men on the right is kind of silly unless we're assuming that there is a statistically meaningful amount of (secretly) left leaning women out there choosing right wing men as partners. (I wonder if anyone has tried to focus a campaign on seeing if the latter group exists in a sizable amount and can be convinced to be vote left - somebody should look into that and see how it works out. /s)

It's almost like 4B is something that the right wing would push to further their current advantage in household size in the US...

*I am not seriously implying politics are a matter of genetics (though parents commonly pass down their politics to children in their household via social means), but plenty of people on the right do believe in their own "good genes" versus the "bad genes" of the left and I'm leaning on their perspective for sarcastic effect here.

[–] blipcast@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, the whole concept of 4B only works if a vast majority of women are on the same page, and given the results from this election, they clearly are not.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

It was stolen.

[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Typical media BS.

Found a story about a very small movement somewhere in the world than are blowing it out of proportion and saying this is actually a thing.

This is why Dems lost the election but the media thought they would win.

Fucking click bait sex sells story.

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Idgaf. Why has this story been at the top of my feed for like 4 days now?

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 15 hours ago

People are responding to it. Idk how you sort your feed, but if its by 'hot' or 'active' then your comment just helped bump it back up to the top.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

To incite a civil war.

[–] pinus_rigida@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

Seems like propaganda. More gender war bullshit. Divide, divide, divide.

[–] cylon@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Wait for more polarisation.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

The first time you say no to someone you really want to be with, that is when the 4B life starts. Till then, it's just business as usual (I really hope you don't sleep with/date people you don't like!).

The life continues when you see them with someone else, and realise some things can't be undone. People move on, they're not static NPCs you can just reload and date later.

It goes ever on, life stops for no-one and it runs it's course far too soon. To those who choose that path, make sure you know where it leads.

Edit: nice catch apostrofail! I'll keep no-one though, I feel they need that special dash bond ;)

[–] apostrofail@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

not static NPCs*

for no *one

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No judgement, just curious, but is the idea here that conservative men should not be allowed to have sex since they don't respect women? All for it, agree 100%. But i have a hard time imagining a feminist being with that type of man anyways, since the majority of feminist Ive met have self respect. So then you're not sleeping with any men to punish them, and yourself, for conservative men? I feel like I'm missing something.

Or is this article just implying 4B is something completly different than what it actually is? You know, cuz clickbait isn't concerned with being factual...

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I think, and here the key word is think as this goes beyond my mandate so to speak, it's more an act of resistance. A bit like protesting, but with less risk.

I'd say the aim is to rallying over retribution, to push those "good men" into fighting more strongly. It's not a bad tactic, it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.

It's also not really that widespread, searches for it are up because it's making the rounds is all.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Good for them for asserting their autonomy but basically the end affect is the opening plot of Idiocracy

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I get your point, but I wouldn't worry about what might happen in 20 years when what is currently happening is bad.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, women should rape themselves by having sex with men they are furious with to avoid the ending of a random documentary

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago

I think you misunderstood me. Assuming this is sarcasm, which I think is fair, I was also saying people shouldn't oppose 4B because of Idiocracy.

[–] noisefree@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I get your point, but I wouldn't worry about what might happen in 20 years when what is currently happening is bad.

Ahh, the ol' false bifurcation ostrich effect as a thought-terminating-looparoo.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think dismissing eugenics based arguments based on movie plots is a thought terminator lmao.

[–] noisefree@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Downvoting to save words in your reply - nice. Have another upvote.

Your most recent reply actually conveys meaning/makes a specific versus broad point. To that point, I don't necessarily think they were making a eugenics based argument (though I would agree with you in dismissing an argument based on that) since they didn't explicitly state the reason for mentioning the movie was because they believe in some idea of politics being genetic versus simply being most effectively passed down via social means from one's parents while living with them through adolescence. Call me crazy, but I think most of the folks posting here should be given the benefit of not assuming they're talking about eugenics until they are explicitly promoting it versus something more widely accepted, such as the aforementioned idea that it's highly likely that parents pass down their politics through social means to their children. I could, of course, be wrong and maybe they were intending to make a eugenics based argument, but they weren't specific enough to divine that. All of that said, I should edit the phrasing in a sarcastic comment I made elsewhere about removing oneself from the gene pool being a bad strategy since I probably wasn't clear enough to get across that I was using the very real right-wing perspective where they favor their "good genes" over others' "genes" for added effect.

Your initial (decidedly vague) comment, as quoted, presents a false choice as if the person you were replying to was worrying about a future problem that is totally disconnected from the current topic of discussion, but they're not and I don't think the person you were replying to gave any reason for one to infer that they were ignoring the current issue in favor of some future issue. If they were talking about disconnected topics/problems then what you were saying would make more sense (or if you had been more specific, like in your followup, that would help too). It's as if the person noticed a ceiling was leaking and exclaimed to someone suggesting to just put a bucket under it "Ignoring a leak is exactly how my neighbor ended up needing to replace their roof, I don't think the bucket plan is a good plan in the long term!" and you were there to reply "Don't tell them to worry about the roof, they need to fix the leak!" It's not wrong, it just doesn't really say anything or lead to further thought beyond the loop and comes across as a "calm down!"

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 16 hours ago

20 years from now is current when you’re older

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

anti-natalism rules

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

4B is doable! My wife and I haven't had sex in 3 years and we sort of like each other.

Just imagine not actually liking anyone at all, easy!

For everything else, there's pornhub.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Until the P25 porn ban anyway

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

They haven’t figured out that Conservatives see this as a huge win? No liberal babies…

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 221 points 2 days ago (45 children)

“Young men expect sex, but they also want us to not be able to have access to abortion,” Thomas told The Post. “They can’t have both. Young women don’t want to be intimate with men who don’t fight for women’s rights; it’s showing they don’t respect us.”

Sounds reasonable and fair to me.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In over 50% of America's land area Rapists get to pick the mother of their child.

Flee red states.

The only why they'll learn is if the rational people leave. The whole fill strategy will never work because red states need you more than you need them.

Flee red states!

Project 2025 advocates for tracking of child barring age women and girls. They will turn you into brood sows the moment they get a chance and justify it as the moral good.

Flee red states!

Blue states aren't perfect but we at least know what freedom is and don't need a 2000 yeast old book to decide what we should do next.

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