Netizens React To US Network’s Coverage Of The “4B” Movement
Over the past few years, talks about a certain “4B” movement emerging in South Korea have been circulating online, though it has been unclear how popular it actually is on the ground. Regardless, the buzz around the movement online has gradually increased, leading to many international eyes on it.
Recently, the American news channel, NBC, reported on “4B,” elaborating the four tenets staring with “bi,” a Korean prefix which means “no.” These fundamental principles are said to be “bi-hon” (no marriage), “bi-chulsan” (no giving birth), “bi-yeonae” (no dating), and “bi-sex” (no sex). The movement has gotten significant attention in the US recently following the presidential elections.
The 4B movement consists of 4 noes.
The rules are simple:
π ββοΈNo dating men
π ββοΈNo marriage
π ββοΈNo sex with men
π ββοΈNo having children with them#4BMovement https://t.co/uiwLfVWIb6— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) November 7, 2024
The coverage went viral in South Korea, with a related post garnering over 50,000 views at the time of writing. But instead of a mixed political opinion about the movement itself, netizens were preoccupied with the typos in the report. NBC not only misspelled “bihon” as “bihno” but also used a botched spelling of “sex,” trying to emulate the Korean pronunciation, and wrote it as “sekseu.”
Over 500 comments under the viral post on Theqoo quickly got busy clowning the American network’s reporting, while a few of them were amused at how far the movement had spread.
- βBi-sekseu is f*cking funny.β
- “Why did they write bi-seksu like that, LMAO.”
- “γ γ γ γ γ .”
- “But what’s really interesting is that in the early days when radical feminists created 4B, they got beaten up like crazy and were often advised not to make a fuss or make it obvious, just practice it quietly. But now it’s even been exported overseas, LOL.”
- “LOL, it’s too funny the way they have written it.”
- βAh f*ck. γ γ γ β
- βPlease write it as bi-sex. What the hell is biseksu.β
- “It’s bi-hon, but they wrote it bihno. What is that?”
- “Why did bi-hon become bihno?”
Meanwhile, in addition to the question about the on-ground popularity of “4B,” international netizens have also criticized it for its exclusion of transgender women and its overall lack of intersectionality.
— β£οΈ (@ratadeuxpatas) November 7, 2024
best part is: dig a tiny bit under the surface and you'll just find racism lmao pic.twitter.com/OJ11C1j0vu
— riley (@cyaniciide) November 8, 2024
On the other hand, though South Korea has seen consistent resistance to feminism as a movement, in recent times, netizens have growingly voiced criticism against misogyny. Read more about it here.
