Thread by @eat_rocks_

What’s happening in Korea:
An Olympic gold medalist is being cancelled, cyber bullied by toxic misogynists because of her short hair which apparently means she’s a feminist, and asked to return her gold medal.
#Olympics #Tokyo2020
#feminism #archery #안산선수를_향한_테러를_멈추라

What’s wrong with being a feminist? Ridiculous as it is, being labeled a “feminist” is the new Scarlet Letter in Korea. It forces women of all ages and social standing to conform to a restrictive social ideal of a “good, docile woman” and exacerbating the growing gender conflict.

For more examples of comments left on the athlete’s social media and news media, see here:

https://twitter.com/q9jo0mxa777uaya/status/1420369008419737600

@BBCWorld @BBCSport @BBCSport @nytimesworld

In response, many women started sharing their own short hair with #여성_숏컷_캠페인 which went viral with thousands participating.

https://twitter.com/hjyvoice/status/1419196987728039939

More examples of the hateful comments and witch hunt against the athlete:

Update: the story was picked up by several news outlets and I came across these additional comments from the controversial forum where the bullying supposedly started so I translated them as well:

hankyung.com/society/amp/20…

Here’s some more comments translated so that you can see the extent of the terrible cyberbullying.
Trigger warning: they use very strong, foul language which may be traumatic to some.
It was hard for me to translate because of how hateful it was.

Here’s some English news coverage on the issue. Please read, share and show support for An San, an amazing athlete, and for us Korean women.

BBC Insta: instagram.com/p/CR6jOYhInHP

Reuters: reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…

Channel News Asia: channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sup…