"Male Potential Perpetrator Frame" vs "Top Culprit of Gender Conflict" Lee Jun-seok vs Jang Hye-young, Heated Feminism Debate Ignites

'Feminism Debate' Mentioning Crimes Against Women
Lee Jun-seok: "As Elections Approach, Attempts to Link Crime and Feminism Begin"
Jang Hye-young Criticizes: "No Concern for Women Dying, Only Focused on Feminism"

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party (left), Jang Hye-young, member of the Justice Party. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young and People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok are engaged in a feminism debate over recent crimes against women. Regarding Jang's remark, "If you hate feminism, don't kill women," Lee criticized it as a "frame that views men as potential perpetrators." In response, Jang immediately counterattacked, saying, "If the top culprit who stirs up gender conflict says something like this, even a passing dog would laugh."

On the 20th, Jang shared an article on Facebook about a recent case where a man in his 30s killed his ex-girlfriend, who had broken up with him, with a weapon and threw her out of an apartment balcony.

She wrote, "The horrific deaths of women killed just because they said they wanted to break up are being reported daily. Such murders are continuously increasing," adding, "How can women not become feminists? Do you hate feminism? Then don't kill women."

In response, Lee targeted Jang, saying, "As the election approaches, attempts to link various crimes to feminism are starting."

On the 21st, Lee shared an article related to Jang's remarks on Facebook, stating, "What would happen if we viewed the Ko Yu-jeong case through this lens and generalized it? When people see the case where she gave her ex-husband zolpidem, killed him, dismembered the body, and dumped it in the sea in a garbage bag, ordinary people see Ko Yu-jeong as a heinous murderer. They do not try to turn it into a gender conflict or incite others because she is a woman."

He added, "All discriminatory discourses, from past anti-Semitism to racism, start from such stereotyping and incitement," and said, "The frame of 'men as potential perpetrators,' which is no different from anti-Semitic economic resentment, rumors that Joseon people poisoned wells, or disparagement of Jeolla Province, should disappear from politics after 2021."

Jang Hye-young, Justice Party member./Photo by Yonhap News

Then Jang immediately counterattacked, saying, "If the top culprit who stirs up gender conflict says something like this, even a passing dog would laugh."

Jang said, "Here you go again with your usual habit," and added, "You have no interest in the issue of women dying from dating murders, but you get fixated on the four letters 'feminism' and even drag in Joseon people's wells. It's really pathetic, Leader Lee Jun-seok."

She continued, "Even if you bring up anti-Semitism and racism, you can't even keep your one conviction to enact an anti-discrimination law, so why is your tongue so sharp?"

Meanwhile, Jang and Lee also had a heated exchange over feminism controversies surrounding An San, the triple gold medalist in archery at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, last August.

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