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victims are also tormented by online comments,
ⓒjustbeinc
leaking private information and sexual assault again.
We call this secondary damage. For example, Yoon
Chang-joong, the previous spokesperson of the
president,sexuallyharassedaninternwhenhevisited
theU.S.toperformhisofficialdutiesin2013,butthe
womanwasdenouncedbythepublicthroughabusive
comments online after he was accused by her. We
know there is a lack of general civil consciousness
about sexual issues in Korea by looking at the case
YoonChang-joong.
In Korea, Seo Ji-hyeon, a prosecutor, claimed that
▲TaranaBurkewhoisafounderoftheMeToomovementposesto
takeapicturewithasmileonherface.
she experienced sexual harassment by her boss, Ahn
Tae-keun, who was the previous director of public
followersinthepoliticalworld.
prosecutions.Shesaidherbosstouchedherbottomat
Pence rule, which means men do not spend time
a funeral in a public place eight years ago. However,
alone with female colleagues, occurs in companies
her colleagues, including women, kept silent about
because men want to prevent women from sweeping
the incident or put her down, condemning her as a
the movement throughout the company. Women
so-called ‘gold digger.’ It is not just a problem of the
may be exposed to career demise, so this is kind of
assailantbutaproblemofallrelatedpeoplearoundthe
an extreme measure cannot be a good solution. We
victim. Advocating for the victims is very important
should harmonize together to resolve this common
in regard to the issue. After this event, dozens of
social problem, sexual harassment, not only in
interviews for the MeToo movement were released
companiesbutelsewhere.Then,societywillimprove.
on TV from a variety of fields such as politics,
There is another essential reason why we should
entertainment,theartworldandevencolleges.
support the MeToo movement. We all know about
Many of the events related with sexual issues in a
the comfort women during the war. One woman who
company arise from a coercive threat coming from
hadbeenassaultedbytheJapanesehadthebraveryto
a gap between social positions. The secretary of
denounce the atrocities of the Japanese even though
Ahn Hee-jung, the South Chungcheong governor
many people consider their experience from decades
until allegations of misconduct surfaced, appeared
ago to be shameful. However, if she had not accused
on TV and disclosed that the governor assaulted her
them, Korean history could not have developed to
sexuallyseveraltimesinprivate.Becauseshethought
its current status. All Koreans support the comfort
she could not avoid being harmed by Korea’s strong
women because people have an ethnic connection to
hierarchyandanauthoritativeorder,shewantedtoget
them. Thus, people should have a common feeling
supportfromthepublicandtoprotectherselfbydoing
towardthedevelopmentoftheMeToomovement.
that. People were shocked by the broadcast andthe
Citizenship has to be developed as society
governorlosthisgoodreputationanddisappointedhis
progresses. The movement could mark a new era in
the world like the French Revolution, not just with
ⓒTheKoreaBIzwire
simple online issues which are going to fade away
shortly. Therefore, the National Assembly should
legislate related policies, and people have to become
aware of sexual issues. Then it will affect overall
societyandtheconsciousnessofgenderissueswithin
10 or 20 years. Also, all people including adults and
students should take a class about detailed sexual
issues to establish their own concept leading them in
therightdirection.Thenwomencanhaverealdignity
and not experience the disadvantages or harassment
becauseoftheirgender.
▲A woman is holding a card written by a sentence which states,
jea2060@hufs.ac.kr
“You’re not alone” and is speaking her experiences of sexual
harassment.
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