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There are opinions that Nth room operators have
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psychosexual disorder. Kim Jin-hyeok, a professor at the
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DepartmentofPoliceScienceatKyungnamUniversity,views
the Nth room as ¡°generally a result of voyeurism for sexual
aberration.¡±Specially,¡°usingsexualexploitationasevidence,
the operators may have had sexual sadism disorder.¡± It is
possible that Cho Ju-bin have had sexual disorders as his
nightsanddaysdiffersgreatly.
Perpetratorscreatedbysociety
Externallineofsightforpornography
¡ã Women are marching for their rights in Korea.
DuetotheNthroom,thereisagrowingcriticismthatKorea
does not have a healthy sexual culture. This may be because
of belittling men, a sense of hostility against women has
of the external line of sight towards pornography. Korea is
increased, creating misogyny. Misogynists discriminate
one of the only countries among the OECD to have blocked
against women, belittle them, and seek to control their
pornography.
behavior, and objectify or be violent towards them. Michael
TheKoreaCommunicationsStandardsCommission(KCSC)
Flood,aprofessorattheQueenslandUniversityofTechnology
made several efforts throughout the course of several years
SchoolofJustice,explainsmisogyny,¡°Men¡¯sagreementwith
to block underage pornography, illegally hidden cameras,
sexist,patriarchal,orsexuallyhostileattitudesisanimportant
revenge-porn, and more. The KCSC tried to block these
predictoroftheiruseofviolenceagainstwomen.¡±
illegal films one by one, but the spread of the internet was
Misogyny is a growing problem in Korea. In September
faster,eventuallyleadingtothecompletebanonpornography
2019, the Korean Women¡¯s Development Institute published
inKorea.Therefore,underthecurrentlawthereisnowayof
their issue paper which includes, ¡°With the development of
differentiating between illegally filmed, sexual exploitation,
the internet, misogyny is a social phenomenon becoming
or pornography made for commercial purposes. However,
moreserious.Expressionsarestrongernow.Therealitytoday
pornographyitselfisnottheproblem.Thus,theentirebanon
is that everyday language is used with absurd language.¡±
pornographymaymisleadthepublicandleadtoabreakpoint
The paper includes, ¡°especially among teens, misogynist
betweenwhatisrightandwrong.
expressions are shared for fun.¡± The act of belittling women
If pornography was more openly discussed than it is right
is a growing phenomenon that requires more awareness.
now in the shadows, would such incidents as the Nth room
Some even without the knowledge of misogyny may have
haveoccurred?
committedthesenselesscrimesuchastheNthroom.
Unconsciousmisogyny
Lightchargesagainstcriminals
As the wave of feminism sweeps across the world and
ThereisarisingconcernthatKoreaislenientwhenitcomes
the Me Too Movement is actively ongoing, some males
to charges against rapists. Cho Do-soon, a Korean criminal
have perceived this as ¡°boy bashing.¡± Due to the incidents
guilty or raping an eight-year-old-girl, only received a 12-
year sentence. This outraged the Korean public after the
devastatingeffectsonthegirlwererevealed.Theoperatorof
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Soranet,originallyanadulteratedwebsitethatsoondeveloped
to facilitate the exchange of illegal pornography, received a
four-yearsentence.
As Telegram is a highly secure messenger application and
transactions were made through Bitcoin, there is a rising
concern that perpetrators will not be fully punished for their
wrongdoing. There are worried voices are saying that these
perpetrators may not fully receive the punishment that is
deserved.
¡ã In Korea, a warning site comes up when pornography is searched.
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