South Korea’s manosphere problem
South Korea’s manosphere problem
Oct 14 2025, 5:56 PM
https://archive.ph/Zb6fE
Quote:Meanwhile, anonymous threats to harm random women or target public venues, including many girls-only schools and women’s universities, have become so frequent on male-dominated forums that lawmakers criminalized such threats this year. A quarter of these offenders so far are men in their 20s, whose hoaxes have repeatedly triggered mass evacuations at schools, malls and train stations, squandering police resources.
The United Nations warned this year that the global spread of extreme language in the manosphere not only normalizes violence against women and girls but also fosters radicalization and extremist ideologies. In South Korea, warning signs abound.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20251014/south-koreas-manosphere-problem
https://archive.ph/Zb6fE
Quote:Meanwhile, anonymous threats to harm random women or target public venues, including many girls-only schools and women’s universities, have become so frequent on male-dominated forums that lawmakers criminalized such threats this year. A quarter of these offenders so far are men in their 20s, whose hoaxes have repeatedly triggered mass evacuations at schools, malls and train stations, squandering police resources.
The United Nations warned this year that the global spread of extreme language in the manosphere not only normalizes violence against women and girls but also fosters radicalization and extremist ideologies. In South Korea, warning signs abound.
