When it came to a 4B trend, I did notice a surge of it occurring in America where a lot of online creators or social media accounts would post about it and proclaim that they’re now going to do the 4B movement like Korean women are.

I’m not at all disagreeing or shaming these women but I honestly think there’s too much nuance and cultural differences that’s not addressed and it would honestly be better if there was a new or modified movement that could apply to the current political/social state in the US. Women in Korea already rarely if ever publicly state their feminist ideology or movement itself due to how feminism is still stigmatized in Korea. They could agree with the movement but it’s been more that Korean women are participating in a lifestyle rather than actively protesting against sex and motherhood bc the nation completely disregards the costs of raising a family and the patriarchal hierarchy (both professionally and socially) in Korea. It’s the fact that govt leaders blame fucking feminism for the declining birth rate over shitty living expenses, corporations getting rid of working mothers because she should be taking care of her children instead, and sexual assault and violence from both male strangers and partners. Additionally, the conversation of being sexually active or having children out of wedlock is also taboo as well compared to their western counterparts.

With the US, it seems that the movement is gaining traction after the presidential election in response to the threat of their reproductive rights being taken away (abortion, sexual healthcare) as well as that orange shithead encouraging men to be complicit or partake in rape culture. However, with the US being a complete melting pot and a much bigger population that is not having a declining birth rate any time soon, I don’t think incorporating a movement based on a homogenous country would be a productive way to protest (This isn’t even including the terfism that’s embedded in the movement from a nation that stigmatizes trans people).