Gong Ji-young: "The Situation for Women Nowadays Is Worse Than When We Were in Our 20s"

Novelist Gong Ji-young posted on her Facebook on the 6th / Photo by Gong Ji-young

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seul-gi] Author Gong Ji-young shared her thoughts on Won Jong-geon, who has been embroiled in the 'Me too' controversy.

On the 6th, Gong Ji-young shared a Twitter post on her Facebook that said, "Won Jong-geon, that XX exposer, and me, Gong Ji-young, how can you ruin someone's life like that and then sleep peacefully?" and wrote, "Looking at the situation of women these days, it is even worse than when we were in our twenties during the dictatorship era."

She then captured the Twitter post that mentioned her and added, "I keep unfriending and unfollowing those who use such abusive language, but I suffer from severe misanthropy."

Gong also said, "These people are not necessarily biologically male."

Gong Ji-young posted a Twitter quote from Irish author Louise O'Neill's book Asking For It: "Men are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But for women like me, until honesty is proven, I am a liar."

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