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‘We’d rather perish’: protests roil South Korean women’s university over plan to admit male students
Dongduk women’s university in Seoul was set up to help women in a deeply patriarchal society, but a demographic crisis is putting that under pressure
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Dongduk women’s university in Seoul was set up to help women in a deeply patriarchal society, but a demographic crisis is putting that under pressure
Show me a single example of male university students in any "deeply patriarchal society" (which is basically any one if South Korea counts) sperging out like this over women attending their university. A single example.Spray paint and protest banners cover the walls and pavements of Dongduk women’s university in Seoul. “We’d rather perish than open our doors,” reads one slogan. Since 11 November, students have staged a sit-in, initially occupying the main building and blocking access to classroom buildings across campus, forcing classes to move online and a planned job fair to be cancelled.
"Oh no".The outcry was sparked by plans for some departments to admit male students
Something tells me they didn't care because they knew the input was going to be "Reeee!!"but have since spiralled into a wider clash over the future of women-only spaces in a country that is grappling with the issue of gender equality.
“The university’s unilateral decision, made without any input from the students who actually study and live here, left us with no choice but to raise our voices,” one member of Dongduk’s student council says, speaking on condition of anonymity.
In South Korea, women’s universities were established in the early 20th century as one of the only paths to higher education for women in a strictly patriarchal society.
So? Nothing stops the foids there from going to regular ones.
Show me a single example.Administrators insist co-education was only one proposal being discussed – citing practical needs for male actors in performing arts and long-term competitiveness concerns.
On Thursday, a partial agreement saw classes resume after the university agreed to temporarily suspend co-education discussions, but on Monday, a meeting between student leaders and university administrators reportedly ended without resolution, with students refusing to end their occupation of the main building until the complete withdrawal of the co-education plans.
Not bad.Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling conservative party, declared that “instigators of violent incidents” must be held accountable for property damage, while Lee Jun-seok, another prominent lawmaker who has frequently clashed with women’s groups, criticised the protests as “uncivilised”.
The head of a state-run human resources agency suggested “weeding out” the university’s graduates during hiring rounds and declared he “would never accept” a daughter-in-law from the institution.
In response, opposition politicians have accused conservatives of weaponising the protests to deflect from their own political troubles, including allegations of election nomination interference. Former lawmaker Jang Hye-young condemned what she called “women bashing” tactics and warned they only “make life more difficult for all women in South Korea”.
Protestors: "Reeeee! We don't want any men here for any reason."“Stop using us”, said Choi Hyun-ah, president of Dongduk’s student council, in a recent interview with local daily Kyunghyang Shinmun. “Those who frame this as a gender conflict are simply using students to justify their own views.” In a later statement, the council said politicians and other officials “fail to see the essence and context of the situation, dismissing us simply as ‘rioters’.”
The public: "Those people are sperging over gender."
Protestors:"Stop lying about us, this has nothing to do with anyone's gender!"
Nice.The protests have also sparked a strong anti-feminist backlash online.
The “male rights” anti-feminist group New Men’s Solidarity has weighed in. The group’s leader, recently convicted for defaming a feminist activist, has threatened to expose the personal information of the “rioters” online, prompting safety concerns.
Tfw falling birthrates will actually become a feminist issue because of institutions like this declining and opening their doors wider. Not declining economies, not stagnating innovation, but this. "Birthrates are falling, women most affected," coming soon.The dispute also reflects deeper structural challenges posed by South Korea’s changing demographics, says Kyuseok Kim, a higher education expert and scholar.
Student enrolment in higher education has plunged 18% to 3 million students over the past decade as the country’s already low birthrate continues to slide, forcing some institutions to potentially shutter departments or close entirely.