Seriously, it’s easy to just see this as pro-women. But it is so very much more.
I adore my homeland, but let’s be real. The very very vast majority of violent crimes that are reported are against women. This is not some sudden nor recent thing, either. South Korea ranks 117 of 142 countries for gender equality - even the wage gap is absolutely absurd. Women are literally dragged into nightclubs by staff to attract men. Nearly 90% of violent crime reports are women. Accusing a rapist is often met with defamation suits. Criticizing the police and government for failing to take this problem seriously similarly encounters resistance, legal action, and social ostracism. Mothers out of wedlock are often forced to have abortions by their family on threat of being disowned - and are often disowned afterwards regardless. Children of unwed parents can find great difficulty finding employment.
THIS IS NOT JUST A MOMENT OF ATTITUDE AND EMPOWERMENT.
From an asian perspective, especially a Korean one, this is a revolutionary and violent response to the misogynistic attitude in South Korean and much of Asia.
Where westerners are seeing something to cheer with a smile, I see something to cheer with a fist in the air. My sisters in Korea are literally facing rape, exclusion, and death simply for being my sisters.
Yes, please be thrilled to see this sort of thing. Absolutely! But please understand the culture this comes from is very different from your experiences.
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/06/484135201/violent-crimes-prompt-soul-searching-in-korea-about-treatment-of-women
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