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Korean Women Are Fed Up And Saying No To Marriage

Should American women follow the 4B plan too?

If I Ain't Readin'
5 min readDec 29, 2023
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Women in South Korea are saying no to marriage — completely. They are now embarking on a life of 4B or the four no’s. No to heterosexual marriage, no to childbirth, no to dating, and no to heterosexual sexual relationships.

Why is this happening, and should American women follow their path? Have American women been following this path?

No hand in marriage, Mr. Pervert!

In May 2023 Min Joo Lee, wrote an article on why Korean women were refusing to marry the men in their country and more broadly, completely leave men alone.

The reasons are quite honestly, gross and disturbing, starting with the misogyny experienced there and “little” perverted instances of men lifting women’s skirts in public and filming them while in the bathroom. Digital sex exploitations have taken place with men using it for revenge porn or taking photos of naked women(consensually or not) and threatening to go public with the photos.

In Korea, it is a crime to even engage in posting nude photos of yourself online, and these horrid men know that, so they’ll threaten to post a woman’s photo online and the women comply with their demands, so they won’t be arrested or…

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

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Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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