Have you heard about the 4B movement? It's inspired by a Korean trend that involves swearing off men completely. No sex. No dating. No relationships. No Kids. Now American women want to try it.
See all our content on FAIL Blog: http://www.failblog.org
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FailBlog
See all our content on FAIL Blog: http://www.failblog.org
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FailBlog
Category
🛠️
LifestyleTranscript
00:00what is the 4b movement and why is it popping up on tv news magazines and even here on tiktok?
00:05here's everything you need to know about what it is and why it's trending. some of the most popular
00:09creators on tiktok have already used their platforms to talk about it. the 4b movement
00:12is a movement in south korea right now where the misogyny and sexism is so bad that south korean
00:17women have decided to opt out of dealing with men entirely. that is not a joke. that is not
00:22an exaggeration. to put it very simply the movement literally calls for women to opt out of having
00:26any kinds of relationships with men unless something changes. so the women of south korea's
00:304b movement are not fighting the patriarchy. they are leaving it behind entirely. the 4b movement
00:36got its name from korean women because it consists of four rules and the b comes from the korean word
00:41for no. the four tenets are no sex with men, no giving birth, no dating men, and no marriage with
00:46men. the four b's. whispers of the 4b movement started as early as 2017 and started spreading
00:52on social media. many korean women's accounts of the discrimination they face within their culture
00:56is damning. a simple google search on the topic will reveal endless stories from korean women who
01:01feel suffocated by rampant misogyny, impossible beauty standards, and an abundance of sexual
01:07assaults that are pretty normalized. the cut is a popular american publication and they just
01:10published a story about korea's 4b movement that puts korean women's stories at the forefront and
01:15that has really done wonders for western women who are thinking about following in their footsteps.
01:19in the states, the term is surging due to the recent presidential election and people's genuine
01:24concerns about body autonomy and all sorts of other things. korean women have formed their
01:28own solidarity network with a big emphasis on protecting their anonymity either online or while
01:33protesting in person. venting about their struggles, expressing their pain, encouraging one another to
01:38stick to the movement and saying no. but is the movement even working? actually yes. according to
01:43time magazine, south korea has the lowest birth rates in the world and it is expected to continue
01:47to decline. while the movement is not the only reason for the birth rate decline, even time
01:51magazine points out that this increasing gender tension is definitely a contributing reason. so
01:56what does it all mean for american women? let's be real, it means the men who are finding out about
01:59this movement are pissed and that's kind of the point. comments like this one from men who are
02:04responding are coming so close to the point but missing it entirely as to why they want and need
02:09women but they're so enraged by feminism they're willing to reject something that they want and
02:14need just to prove their point. you know that strangely reminds me of something else that was
02:18popular. what was that thing called? the male loneliness epidemic? the male loneliness epidemic
02:23that we're about to see, this is the consequence of living in the patriarchy. and as it turns out,
02:28many western women have already been doing the forbi movement without even realizing it. you
02:32can call it whatever you want but at the end of the day, it really just comes down to this.
02:36what do you think?