US women protest sexist ‘your body, my choice’ trend after Trump victory, support South Korea-inspired 4B movement

Women in US protest rise in online aggression and sexism after Republicans Donald TrumpAccording to a Bloomberg report, she won the 2024 US elections by pushing for the adoption of the South Korean feminist movement called ‘4B’.

Before and after Trump’s victory, there was an increase in online abuse and harassment against women. rape Citing data from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), the report added threats such as “your body, my choice” and sarcastic posts such as “get back to the kitchen” trending on social media platforms TikTok and X (formerly Twitter). .

ISD is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies to combat extremism.

‘Manosphere’ Influencers Driving Misogyny Online

ISD data showed that: Trump’s It was stated that the victory “emboldened manosphere influencers” to attack perceived women-centered social policies such as reproductive rights and gender equality.

“Donald Trump’s election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris this week has emboldened influencers from the ‘Manosphere,’ or interconnected misogynistic online communities, who view his election victory as a rebuke of reproductive rights and gender equality… (Manosphere content creators) “It appears that the organization is using the election results as a permission structure to more openly and aggressively embrace narratives about the obstruction of women’s rights,” she said.

Harris and Trump chose to appeal to different genders; while the former takes up controversial abortion rights as a key issue, Trump stands with the billionaire Elon MuskThe report said his team focused on podcasts popular with young men and “locker room” talk about a golf legend’s genitals.

Attacks on Women’s Voting Rights, Rape Threats Increased

The phrase “you your body, my choice” was used online by white nationalist Nick Fuentes 4,600 percent increase on November 6, according to ISD data. Fuentes’ post has been viewed more than 76 million times since it was tweeted on November 6 (IST). Other trending phrases included calls to abolish women’s right to vote (up 663 percent from the previous week).

ISD has also documented harassment escalating from online spaces to real-life incidents in schools and college campuses; Girls and their parents were complaining about boys chanting “your body, my choice” in classrooms.

Remarkably, this phrase is a common option of the 1960s. feminist The movement slogan, which regained mainstream acceptance in 2022 after the US Supreme Court overturned the decision, is “my body, my choice” Roe v Wade. The original Roe v Wade decision supported federal abortion rights.

ISD examined data from October 1 to November 6 and noted that the apparent increase in harassment “is more than just a continuation of misogynistic trends that ISD has documented both before this election and in the aftermath of previous cycles, including 2020 and 2022.”

Calls for the USA’s ‘4B Movement’ Grow

Women, especially online, have called on Americans to adopt the law in protest. South Korea Radical feminist movement called ‘4B’. Also known as “number four,” this rule calls for women to reject sexual intercourse with men, date men, marry men, and have children with men until equality is achieved.

In response, some posts online called for women in America to embrace the “4B” movement, a rebellion against men with roots in the South Korean feminist movement. Four principles no sex no being with men, no dating men, no giving birth and no marrying men,” wrote one X user, garnering over 20 million views.

One post, which has garnered 17.3 million views, read: “Ladies, I get so angry saying this that it’s time to close your wombs to men. This election proves now more than ever that they hate us and they proudly hate us. don’t reward them.”

Another post, viewed 1.7 million times, said: “A reminder that the 4B movement, and the separatist movement in general, is not just about avoiding men, it is also about supporting and investing in men.” women. With women, women-owned businesses, women-produced media, etc. look for relationships; Surround yourself with women and our culture.”

(With input from Bloomberg)