Ryu Ho-jeong on the 'List of Unmarried Female Public Officials': "Disgusting... A Manifestation of Childhood Behavior"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seohyun] Ryu Hojung, a Justice Party lawmaker, criticized the fact that an employee from the personnel department of Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, created a personal list of about 150 unmarried female public officials and handed it over to the mayor's secretary, saying, "My first thought was that it was disgusting."

On the 26th, Ryu stated on her Facebook, "The people on the list are workplace colleagues, not people who came to work to be chosen by a bachelor," expressing her criticism.

She said, "Female workers should be treated as fellow citizens and equal individuals," adding, "This is an example of the widespread culture of gender discrimination in the workplace."

She continued, "From childhood, ranking and evaluating women's appearances in KakaoTalk chat rooms has manifested like this as they grew older," and emphasized, "Instead of just online training that ends after briefly playing on a computer, proper efforts to prevent recurrence must be made. This is Seongnam City, where Mayor Eun Su-mi, who assisted the president's gender equality policies, is in office."

Earlier that day, it was revealed that an employee from the personnel department of Seongnam City had created and delivered a personal list of about 150 unmarried female public officials in their 30s to the mayor's secretary, who was a bachelor, back in 2019, causing a major uproar.

The list was disclosed after Lee, a former secretary to Mayor Eun Su-mi of Seongnam City, recently filed a public interest report with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. Mayor Eun has expressed her sincere apology regarding the incident.

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