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Q: Isn’t the Korean 4B movement virulently transphobic and homophobic?
A: Typical male question.
—The Onion [1]

The 4B movement is a transphobic[2][3][4] online movement originating around 2017 on Twitter,[5] and from the South Korean website WOMAD.[6]

Women in the US on social media sites are taking an interest in its tenets following Trump's 2024 election victory,[2] hopefully due to a lack of awareness of the less trans-friendly aspects of the original. Hopefully.

Tenets[edit]

Their belief system follows 4 basic tenets, each one starting with bi (Korean: 비, English: no), hence 4 bis Bs,:

  • No dating men (Korean: 비연애; biyeonae)
  • No marrying men (Korean: 비혼; bihon)
  • No sex with men (Korean: 비섹스; bisekseu)
  • No giving birth (Korean: 비출산; bichulsan)[7]

They exclude trans women from their movement,[2][3][4] but not married women (who have broken at least one tenant, and possibly all of them), which just goes to show you that transphobia makes perfect sense.

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. What To Know About The 4B Movement
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 [1] CBC, What is the 4B movement? Why some women are boycotting men after Trump's election victory
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 [2] Pressian.com, 페미니즘 이름 걸고 '소수자 혐오'를 하다니
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 [3] Koreaboo, Netizens React To US Network’s Coverage Of The "4B" Movement
  5. [4] CBS News, What is the 4B movement?
  6. [5] "Life is to Protest": Evolution of Korean Women's Performance and Contentious Resistance, Mihaela Andronic
  7. [6]Reuters, No sex, no babies: South Korea's emerging feminists reject marriage