Unmarried Women's Community emif Hosts Digital Sexual Violence Seminar 'Honestly Speaking'

From 'Soranet' to 'N Room'... Honestly Speaking About Digital Sexual Violence
Honest Meeting with Former DSO Activist

Promotional poster for the digital sexual violence seminar "Honestly Speaking" hosted by the unmarried women's community emif / Photo by the unmarried women's community emif

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] The non-married women's community emif will hold a digital sexual violence seminar titled 'Honestly Speaking Out' on the 4th of next month.

The seminar 'Honestly Speaking Out,' hosted by emif, will take place on the 4th of next month at Knowledge Mill B-mill in Jung-gu, Seoul.

This seminar consists of lectures and discussions with attendees by Park Soo-yeon (Ha Ye-na), former representative of DSO (Digital Sexual Violence Out), who has worked to support victims of digital sexual violence and address the issue, and Baek Ga-eul, former research team leader.

emif stated, "Since 2015, through movements such as 'Soranet Honey?', 'Soranet Exposure Project,' the 2018 'Uncomfortable Courage' protests against biased investigations of illegal filming, and protests against biased rulings and illegal filming, as well as the 2019 'Rape Cartel Protest,' up to 2020, efforts to highlight the dangers of digital sexual violence and expose its reality have never ceased."

They continued, "However, the administration's lukewarm response, the legislature's sluggish handling, and the judiciary's complacent judgments have created a lesson that perpetrators of digital sexual violence are 'not properly punished.' The 'Nth Room case,' which has been a daily issue, produced many victims within this social tolerance," they pointed out.

They also emphasized, "Digital sexual violence is group sexual violence using online or communication media. The crime is committed openly even when the victim cannot confirm the fact of the harm. The harm occurs simultaneously by many perpetrators to the extent that a specific individual cannot be identified as the offender. It is a crime pattern that is more easily accessible due to the lack of spatial and temporal constraints and the fact that it is not properly punished under current law. A more serious problem is that digital sexual violence offenses themselves tend to lead to other crimes."

emif said, "We want to create an opportunity for women to participate directly in a place where they can face the increasingly sophisticated digital sexual violence crimes through a basic understanding of such digital sexual violence and discuss countermeasures. As a women's community, emif's role is to create a space to meet women who can openly learn about this serious social issue and properly express their anger."

Details such as how to apply can be found through emif's official SNS and other channels.

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