A 19-karat joke if a woman is a joke, sexual harassment if a male is?… The controversy raised by Narae Park

Are only women victims of sexual harassment? The controversy over sexual harassment between two female broadcasters, which has gained popularity among the public, is spreading to the topic of’reverse discrimination’ for men. It is a question of whether such a broadcast would have been possible if the gender had changed.

Comedian Park Na-rae changed the clothes of a male doll called’Armstrong’ in the content’Hina-rae’ of the YouTube channel’Studio Waffle’ on the 23rd. I did it. In the same broadcast that was released on the 9th, Park Na-rae refers to a male entertainer, saying, “A pepper in the pants,” and “Please treat the pants as’beep’. Pepper is a vegetable, so you can go to the video.”

Earlier, Kim Min-ah, a broadcaster from a weathercaster, appeared on the YouTube channel’Because Man House’ on the 20th and showed off the recipe for making ’19 gold’ bomb wine, and bought a frown. In the movie’The Insiders’, a member of the National Assembly member Pil-woo Jang (Lee Kyung-myeong), in a naked state, uses his own body parts to make bomb liquor. During a conversation with a male middle school student on the YouTube channel’What the Back Season 2’in May last year, he asked several questions reminiscent of masturbation, and eventually apologized and has a self-sufficient experience.

In various community spaces such as’Hinarae’ related videos and DC Inside Gallery, reactions such as, “If a male comedian with a female doll did that, it would have been a retirement angle” and “If a male entertainer had done it, it would have been possible for a broadcast to come out.”
While Park Na-rae uses the male puppet’s hand to engage in sexual harassment, the screen displays'(Josin) K-manner”Isn’t it just 25 gold?’ Some point out that the production team also judged the situation as a light gag factor by pinching the point where the subtitles were posted.
In response to Kim Min-ah’s broadcast, “It’s a parody of the movie, isn’t it an overreaction?” .

Similarly, in 2019, a drunken woman hugged a male police officer, but the video was spreading through various online communities asking for help with a walkie-talkie without stopping it. Focusing on male netizens, there was a voice saying,’Because of the atmosphere of seeing men as potential perpetrators of sexual crimes, they cannot respond properly even if they execute public affairs.’

Experts interpreted this as a transitional delay in gender sensitivity.
Popular culture critic Ha Jae-geun said, “With the steady improvement movement and strict punishment for sexual crimes in society, an atmosphere of caution and self-respect for sexual speech and behavior and play of men has been settled to some extent, but for women, it is still’area of ​​tolerance. “There is left behind,” he said, “it’s time to go over this once and for all.”
“In the past, in Korean society, there was a time when women were forced to sacrifice and persevere and men enjoyed the privileges as social powers, but now they are different. He pointed out that because there is no such thing, it is difficult to understand the double standards that are relatively generously applied to women.

Kwak Geum-ju, a professor of sociology at Seoul National University, said, “The’Me Too’ movement has become a turning point. In short, the accident was struck by the older generation, and the MZ generation took over the back-up, and there was a controversy about’reverse discrimination’.” Professor Kwak said, “There are cases where a female student who has a wrong relationship during sexual intercourse attacks a male student with sexual harassment, but there are few cases of the opposite. In terms of consideration for women, the so-called’hard work’ focuses on men excluding women,” said Professor Kwak. On the other hand, the recognition of men as’victims’ is accumulating as the benefits of military bonuses disappear,” he said. “If a social system is established in the framework of’women = evildoers, victims’, eventually only disgust and division between genders will become more severe.” Said.

Meanwhile, the production crew of’Hanarae’ announced on the 25th that they would apologize for the controversy and abolish the program. On the day, Narae Park also said, “When I heard the planning intention, character setting, and props from the production team, I had to be filtered out of my own line to some extent, and I should have thought more about the way of expression, but I deeply reflect on the points that I couldn’t do.”

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