6B4T movement

The 6B4T movement is an online radical feminist movement that spread from South Korea whose members organize in opposition to sexism and patriarchal structures.[1] A notable aspect of the 6B4T movement is its members' commitment to never marry men, or have heterosexual sexual relations, nor bear children.[2]

Beliefs

Beginning in 2019, the movement grew out of the South Korean 4B movement, whose members also renounce sex, child-rearing, dating, and marriage with men.[3][4][5][6] In Korean-language abbreviation,[7] "6B" refers to the same four commandments of the 4B movement as well as not buying products viewed as sexist (Korean: 비소비; Hanja: 非消費; RR: bisobi) and supporting others in the movement (비돕비; 非돕非; bidopbi), while "4T" refers to rejecting strict beauty standards (탈코르셋; 脫corset; talkoreuset), hypersexual depictions of women in Japanese otaku culture (탈오타쿠; 脫otaku; tarotaku), religion (탈종교; 脫宗敎; taljonggyo), and idol culture (탈아이돌; 脫idol; taraidol).[7][5][6][8][9]

Around the world

China

The 6B4T movement spread to young female users of the Chinese social network Douban and became popular among well-educated women.[10][8][9] It was a fringe element in the Chinese feminist movement, but it gained additional unintended attention in 2021 for the fact that it caught the attention of Chinese government censors.[10][5][11] In April of that year, several Douban groups associated with the movement were shut down and the phrase "6B4T" was banned from the platform.[10][5][6][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Koetse, Manya (2021-04-13). "Censorship of Chinese 6B4T & Feminist Groups Prompts Wave of Support for "Douban Sisters"". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ Zhou, Viola (2021-04-14). "These Chinese Women Vow Never to Marry or Have Sex With Men. Then Censors Stepped In". Vice World News. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  3. ^ Radio Free Asia (2021-04-28). "China Set to Record First Fall in Population Since Great Famine". Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ^ Agence-France Press (2019-12-07). "The feminist movement urging South Korean women to shun marriage". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  5. ^ a b c d Li, Jane (2021-04-14). "A Chinese platform is erasing "radical" accounts that shun men and the patriarchy". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  6. ^ a b c Zhang, Lijia (2021-05-14). "Censoring feminist discussions won't fix China's population crisis". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  7. ^ a b 김태은 (2021). 김태은 (ed.). 여성에게 국가는 없다: 한남·여혐민국의 20대여성 현상. 인사이트브리즈. ISBN 9791186142660.
  8. ^ a b Koetse, Manya (2021-04-13). "Censorship of Chinese 6B4T & Feminist Groups Prompts Wave of Support for "Douban Sisters"". What's on Weibo. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  9. ^ a b Zaugg, Julie (2021-09-21). "Ces féministes chinoises qui ne veulent ni homme ni enfants (Chinese feminists who want neither men nor children)". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  10. ^ a b c "6B4T: From South Korea to China, these girls choose to live a more thorough single life". iMedia. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  11. ^ Rudolph, Josh (2021-04-17). "After Shuttering of Feminist Douban Groups, Women Call for Unity Online". China Digital Times. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  12. ^ "Closure of online feminist groups in China sparks call for women to 'stick together'". Reuters. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-06-08.