Why Trump’s Election Win Is Stoking Interest in South Korea’s Feminist 4B Movement

When exit polls began pointing to a clear victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election Nov. 5, Google registered a surge in search interest for the term “4B movement.” The phrase refers to an unstructured and leaderless feminist campaign that began in South Korea five years ago as a protest against the perceived oppression of women by men. Trump’s triumph ignited a vigorous discussion on social media of 4B and whether American women should embrace its radical ideas to uphold their rights during his second term in office.

4B is an online campaign that appears to have grown out of the #MeToo movement as a way to push back against the social barriers faced by women in South Korea.