Man of Korea (; literally ''Solidarity for Men'') is a non-profit
masculist
Masculism or masculinism may variously refer to ideologies and socio-political movements that seek to eliminate discrimination against men, or increase adherence to or promotion of attributes regarded as typical of males. The terms may also re ...
organization in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. It was founded in 2008, and first leader was
Sung Jae-gi
Sung Jae-gi (; ; September 11, 1967 – July 26, 2013) was a South Korean men's rights activist. Sung was the leader of various masculinist and anti-feminist organizations, including the Association of Anti-Feminism and Male Liberation, A ...
.
History
Man of Korea has insisted on the abolition of the
Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF; ), formerly the Ministry of Gender Equality (), is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on February 28, 1998, as the Presidential Commission on Women's Affair ...
by reason of pro-woman on their own terms, and the revival of the Extra Point System for Veterans who served in the military in South Korea.
The group has been under financial distress with more than 200 million
won debts because it did not get government support.
White Stockings Campaign
Sung mocked the White Tie Campaign organized by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, saying that the campaign supported prostitution (although he was said to have supported prostitution). In 2011, Man of Korea launched a "White Stockings Campaign" in an email to members. The email claimed that the campaign was supported by the ministry, but the campaign lampooned the ministry's support program for former prostitutes. Man of Korea claimed that under the ministry plan, former prostitutes would receive job training at support centers and the ministry would give them
₩
The won sign , is a currency symbol. It represents the South Korean won, the North Korean won and, unofficially, the old Korean Empire won, Korean won.
Appearance
Its appearance is "W" (the first letter of "Won") with a horizontal strike ...
410,000 per month and legal and medical services for up to three years.
Sung was criticized for his support of prostitution and said on November 30, "We wanted to show that the ministry’s support program for former prostitutes is not effective. The ministry spends about 11-12 billion won per year on the program. But such support is given to any women who claim they were prostitutes, and the ministry is unable to verify whether they were really engaged in the sex trade or not". His view that prostitutes were not victims contrasted with that of South Korean feminists, and he opposed treating female prostitution as a crime.
See also
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Angry young man (South Korea)
(), abbreviated from (), is a term used in South Korea to refer to men in their 20s. The term first emerged in the late 2010s to refer to men who have voting rights but recently it is often used to men with negative tendencies toward feminism. ...
Sources
* Kim Yong-suk
The Ddanji December, 2012 The ddanji group, 2012,
External links
Man of Korea website
Man of Korea's Naver page Naver
References
2008 establishments in South Korea
Masculism
Non-profit organizations based in South Korea
Organizations established in 2008
Antifeminism in South Korea
Men in South Korea
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