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'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

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"There were insults I'd never heard before, they were disgusting and inhumane," said Darim, which is not her real name. One read: "You've just sabotaged your job."

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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

theres a huge subset of males in south korea(in context of where the hand gesture offensive) that find it extremely offensive. It's very specific to south korea.

[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 months ago

It’s very specific to south korea.

The hand gesture might be, but the aggressive reaction to anything that even implies feminism, absolutely isn't