“It’s time to boycott all men”: the viral movement that has gained strength after Trump’s re-election

For this reason they have taken the baton from South Korean women and a viral post on the social network expresses: “Ladies, we have to start considering the 4B movement like the women of South Korea and give the United States a severe decline in birth rates: don’t get married, don’t have children, don’t date men, don’t have sex with men.” . It got 20 million views in 48 hours.

Not in vain, the 4B movement has become one of the most searched terms on Google, with more than 500,000 searches in just two days. While Tik Tok videos on this topic that have been reproduced more than three million Sometimes they proclaim: “Girls, it’s time to boycott all men! We lost our rights, and they lost the right to have sex! The 4B movement starts now. Women have taken it as an opportunity to rethink their relationships with men and the expectations that society imposes on them like women.

Birth and values

According to Ju Hui Judy Han, assistant professor of gender studies at the University of California, the 4B (4非) movement was born in 2015 and defends the words “bihon” (no marriage), “bichulsan” (no motherhood) , “biyeonae” (no dating) and “bisekseu” (no sex). It is the abbreviation of «Four noes«against abusive relationships and misogynistic behavior. and it is considered an offshoot of the #MeToo movement.

The case that made 4B gain strength happened in 2016. A woman was brutally murdered near a subway station in Seoul. Her murderer tried to justify his crime by saying that he killed her because he felt ignored by women. Generating a viral response from the public that also addressed complaints about revenge pornography and digital sexual crimes.

Although in the Asian country this movement was losing strength, it has now been recovered in the United States. Breanne Fahs, professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, explained to ‘The Washington Post’ that the 4B was “everywhere” in the United States. Especially among young women who fear restrictions on their rights.

The followers, rather than being governed restrictively by the 4Bs, what they are basically looking for is an independent living model that escapes the conventions and traditional roles of wife and mother. Placing value on autonomy, other lifestyles or single motherhood, among other aspects. With the aim of andFocus on your own goals, according to CNN.

“We’ve humbled ourselves and begged for men’s safety and done all the things we were supposed to do, and yet they hate us,” Ashli ​​Pollard, a 36-year-old St. Louis woman and follower of the 4B movement, told CNN. He added: “So if they’re going to hate us, then we’re going to do whatever we want.”

Given what happened with Trump’s re-election, Professor Han told CNN that “we should never be surprised that these types of catastrophic collisions produce in women a general refusal to follow the current rules of the game. That’s why posts in favor of this movement state: “We can’t let male Trump voters have the last laugh… we have to fight back.” Thus generating a broad debate that is hot.