Where sexist, anti-Park rhetoric comes from and what it means



Analysis Where sexist, anti-Park rhetoric comes from and what it means Experts divided on how traditional gender roles shape misogynist attacks on S.Korean president Joseph Sugarman \| Rob York April 16, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Republic of Korea - Creative Commons North Korea is not known for its ringing endorsements of South Korea’s leadership, but its recent assessments of Park Geun-hye have taken a very personal tone of late. Specifically, they have resorted to offensive slurs directed at the gender of the South’s first female president. The first of these came last spring, not long after Park’s inauguration and during a heated period of saber-rattling during joint U.S.-South Korean military drills. The drills are frequently the source of tension, in which the North accuses the U.S. and South Korean leaders of hosting the drills as preparation for invasion and vows to © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Where sexist, anti-Park rhetoric comes from and what it means

Experts divided on how traditional gender roles shape misogynist attacks on S.Korean president

Joseph Sugarman | Rob York April 16, 2014

Where sexist, anti-Park rhetoric comes from and what it means

North Korea is not known for its ringing endorsements of South Korea’s leadership, but its recent assessments of Park Geun-hye have taken a very personal tone of late.

Specifically, they have resorted to offensive slurs directed at the gender of the South’s first female president.

The first of these came last spring, not long after Park’s inauguration and during a heated period of saber-rattling during joint U.S.-South Korean military drills. The drills are frequently the source of tension, in which the North accuses the U.S. and South Korean leaders of hosting the drills as preparation for invasion and vows to

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Joseph Sugarman

Joseph Sugarman is a Boston-based reporter for NK News, where he follows trends related to the Korean peninsula and surrounding areas. He can be found on Twitter.

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Rob York

Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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