In the days after Donald Trump was elected president, a South Korean feminist movement is capturing young women’s interest on social media.

Summary

Following Donald Trump’s recent election victory, Google searches for “4B,” a South Korean feminist movement advocating a “no sex, no dating, no marriage, no children” stance, surged in the U.S.

The 4B movement, popular among young women on social media, promotes individual resistance against conservative politics and the erosion of reproductive rights.

The trend reflects a broader ideological divide between young men and women in the U.S., where women under 30 are significantly more liberal than men.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    613·
    11 days ago

    From a physiological standpoint? Seems virtually the same to me. The other guy said it was unhealthy. Is there anything unhealthy about abstinence?

    • Ajen
      103·
      11 days ago

      The difference is that one is identity and the other is a choice.

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
        52·
        11 days ago

        Yes, no one is arguing that. The context was there’s no difference physiologically speaking. That was the premise.

        • Ajen
          82·
          11 days ago

          I think the distinction is important to some people.

          • njm1314@lemmy.world
            62·
            11 days ago

            I have enough respect for those people to know they are smart enough to understand the distinction.

    • Vivian (they/them)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      10 days ago

      They’re not necessarily the same, there’s two major differences between them physiologicaly:

      1. Asexual people date others unless they are also aromantic (well aromantic people also can date but it’s less common)
      2. Some asexual people can and do have sex
    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      62·
      11 days ago

      Asexuality doesn’t have the desire for sex.

      This is abstinence for those that would like to have sex but don’t feel safe.