Posted on Mar 8, 2022
As South Koreans go to the polls, a backlash against feminism has become political
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South Korean voters head to the polls Wednesday in a presidential election that has been characterized as being light on issues, heavy on political scandals and divided along generational and gender lines.
The election that will choose South Korea's next president is noteworthy in that young swing voters in their 20s and 30s, who make up roughly a third of eligible voters, and whom candidates have been aggressively courted, could prove key.
South Korean voters head to the polls Wednesday in a presidential election that has been characterized as being light on issues, heavy on political scandals and divided along generational and gender lines.
The election that will choose South Korea's next president is noteworthy in that young swing voters in their 20s and 30s, who make up roughly a third of eligible voters, and whom candidates have been aggressively courted, could prove key.
As South Koreans go to the polls, a backlash against feminism has become political
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Polls show that, despite its flaws, young women still prefer the ruling liberal Democratic party, while young men prefer the conservative opposition People Power Party. But analysts say that young voters in general are disillusioned with both main parties, which have held alternated in power over the past decade.
Among that demographic in this election, gender equality is a particularly contentious and polarized issue, thanks in part to an anti-feminist backlash, driven by young men who feel resentful and threatened by the changing balance of power between the sexes.
The anti-feminists felt buoyed last year at their apparent victory in opposing an advertising campaign. The ads featured a picture of a thumb and forefinger a fraction of an inch apart, seemingly describing a tiny object. Some men felt that the ad was belittling their manhood, and their outcry forced corporations and public institutions to scrap the ads."...
..."Polls show that, despite its flaws, young women still prefer the ruling liberal Democratic party, while young men prefer the conservative opposition People Power Party. But analysts say that young voters in general are disillusioned with both main parties, which have held alternated in power over the past decade.
Among that demographic in this election, gender equality is a particularly contentious and polarized issue, thanks in part to an anti-feminist backlash, driven by young men who feel resentful and threatened by the changing balance of power between the sexes.
The anti-feminists felt buoyed last year at their apparent victory in opposing an advertising campaign. The ads featured a picture of a thumb and forefinger a fraction of an inch apart, seemingly describing a tiny object. Some men felt that the ad was belittling their manhood, and their outcry forced corporations and public institutions to scrap the ads."...
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