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'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game' (www.bbc.com)

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"There were insults I'd never heard before, they were disgusting and inhumane," said Darim, which is not her real name. One read: "You've just sabotaged your job."

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[–] IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like it's just way more mainstream over there. Looked into it more after writing the comment you're replying to, and, from how news sites and forums are describing the situation, anti-feminism seems to be to Korean elections what transphobia is to American ones.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That’s fair, it’s certainly a very mainstream view.