2000 words Essay’s outline template

Research Question:

How is the 4B movement in Korea affecting the country and the Korean society?

Introduction & Thesis statement:

Across the country, more

than 157 schools do not Women across the nation have united to stop giving birth and have lower
have any first graders to the birth rate across the nation.
enroll in march.

The movement has 4 main Bihon (no to heterosexual marriage), Bichulsan (no to childbirth),
principles that are Biyeonae (no to dating), and Bisekseu (no to heterosexual sexual
followed by the women. relationships)

The growing movement in South Korea fighting against unrealistic

beauty standards that call for women to spend hours applying makeup
Escape the corset
and perform skincare regimes that involve 10 steps or more at each end
of the day.

This novel is the daily The novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo.
expirience of sexism and Kim Ji-yeong, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of
misogyny on womens being inhabited by others such as her late mother and older sister, and
daily lifes. the stories of the people connected to her.

The idea of virginity is also deeply rooted in the collective mind,

depriving women of their right to freely dispose of their bodies. Instead
Sexual abuse in South of promoting gender equality, Korean society encourages women to be
Korea: a normalised soft, pretty and submissive. South Korean women are reduced to sexual
violence objects or breeders to promote the family name. In other words,
women’s value is tied to their bodies, which are submissive and
exploitable by men.
Background information:

Around 2014 and 2015, a virulently misogynistic and anti-feminist

community called “Ilbe” grew in size and prominence. In its
“Ilbe” interpretation, women were demanding additional rights and privileges
when they already benefited from avoiding the country’s compulsory
military service.

4B drew inspiration from the Escape The Corset campaign that took
shape in the country in 2017. Women sick of the laborious routine have
started to post videos on social media of destroyed piles of cosmetics
#MeToo
with the catch-cry “escape the corset”, likening makeup to the
garments that were part of daily women’s garments for years and
worked to constrain bodies into a uniform shape.

Population degrowth – a decrease in population due to higher death

Demographic crisis
rates than fertility rates – creates several problems for a country’s
social and economic security by putting pressure on available resources.

Nearly 80% of respondents admitted to having used violence against a

Sexual abuse in South
partner. The study, based on responses from 2,000 South Korean men,
Korea: a normalised
found that 1,593 of them, or 79.7%, had physically or psychologically
violence.
abused a partner during a relationship.

Key terms:

Bihon No to heterosexual marriage

Bichulsan No to childbirth

Biyeonae No to childbirth

Bisekseu No to heterosexual sexual relationships

Rape, unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual

intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the
Rape threat of force or with an individual who is incapable of giving legal
consent because of minor status, mental illness, mental deficiency,
intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception.
 The “escape the corset” movement (ETC-M) is a declaration that
Escape the corset actively reflects the voices of Korean women in fourth-wave
feminism and spread through social media.

Course and pathway of the essay:

The objective is base to create consensus in people, for everyone who is

agaisnt instead of trying to understand and be more empathetic to get a
This essay will examine clear view.
how the korean society
has reacted to all the
movements created by Futhrmore, the continiuos objective is to help the older generations to
women as a way to fight undertand that times have change and women are tired of fighting and
back the misogynistic and still losing.
sexist behaviors by
everyone around them
and the aim is to make a Therefore, this essay should be a way to generate interes in othrt
clear view on how it is countries and for them to know that this can happened in any nation
actually to live in a where there isnt equality and is a “obliagtion”, and “formality” to treat
country that does not women with due respect.
value your life beyond
being a slave for men and
a birth machine. As a result, this essaay should also be a window into the cultural and
traditional patriarchy that exist in Korea.

Supportive Arguments:

High costs of raising children, unaffordable housing, poor job prospects, and long working hours
discourage families from having more children.

The workplace discrimination against women makes it hardes for them to be emotional stable withstan
a pregnancy and re-enter after childbirth.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s political platform blamed feminism for the low birth rate while denying
gender inequality as an issue in South Korea.
Connection to Thesis statement:

Moreover, given for a single person living alone, all of their monthly pay goes to pay necessities, and
this only includes the people with stable jobs, for the ones that have to make a living by the day,
which is more harder to substain anyone, to work exploit does not make this better, it only gets worse
from this, due to polution and climate change, the change of seasons can also afdect the growing of a
healthy child.

Subsquently, for working mothers often find themselves caught in an impossible balancing act:
expected to work as if they don’t have children, while simultaneously raising children as if they don’t
work. This unattainable standard lies at the heart of gender inequalities in the workplace.

If the president of the country does not acknowledge the actual issue of as of why the birth rates are
so low, then this isnt a womans problem, it becomes political and constitutional because denying the
issue does not make it dissaper it only does it make it worse.

Conclusion

Overall, with this essay this movement is more of a statement for women that are tired of fighting
against everyones in their lives and having to live with the shame of dishonering theur families by
choosing a lifestyle that suits them better.

It is important for people to realize that women are than mothers, sisters or daughters, they deserve a
better treatment from everything that holds a society together, if they keep being treated as crazy
or psychotic, of course they will get tired of fighting.

Women hold the power to make the human race dissaper.