Jang Hye-young: "Yoon, a faithful Lee Jun-seok avatar... Even the Democratic Party is anti-feminist"

Jang Hye-young, a Justice Party lawmaker, is speaking as the lead sponsor at a press conference urging the enactment of the Equality Act and Anti-Discrimination Act held at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the morning of the 5th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] Jang Hye-young, a Justice Party lawmaker, criticized Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, over his pledge to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, saying, "Yoon, who was once a star of the Democratic Party government, has now evolved into a faithful 'Lee Jun-seok avatar.'"

On the 9th, Jang said on Facebook, "The People Power Party's national ideology has shifted from anti-communism to anti-feminism under the leadership of Lee Jun-seok, the party leader."

Jang argued, "Party politics has rather rolled out the red carpet for fascist claims related to feminism to enter the realm of public debate," adding, "The main culprit behind this is none other than Lee Jun-seok."

She also targeted the Democratic Party, stating, "The problem is that the Democratic Party, which once championed democracy against anti-communism, has also crossed the threshold into anti-feminism," and criticized, "In this process, serious damage to our society's democracy is accumulating."

Jang emphasized, "The so-called essence of gender conflict is not a fight between feminists and anti-feminists."

She continued, "The evidence is the reality where concrete debates about what feminism is have been erased," and said, "The issue is not 'what is feminism' but rather 'who is a feminist'."

She added, "Censorship advocates unconditionally label the word 'femi' as something bad and a target of attack," and "The problem worsens as the two major parties, obsessed with electoral engineering, begin to recognize this group's demands as 'meaningful,' 'legitimate,' and even as voices representing youth, and submit to them."

Jang further pointed out, "Those who incite 'femi' censorship believe they control the candidates of the two major parties," but "this is merely a delusion; the two major parties thoroughly use those who incite 'femi' censorship only from the perspective of electoral advantage."

Earlier, Jang had a 'feminism dispute' with Lee Jun-seok over the murder of a woman in her 30s in a dating violence case that occurred in November last year.

At that time, Jang mentioned the case and stressed, "One cannot help but become a feminist. If you dislike feminism, do not kill women. Take the lead in ensuring women's safety."

In response, Lee said, "As the election approaches, attempts to link various crimes to feminism are starting again," and expressed his view that "the frame of 'men as potential perpetrators' should disappear from politics after 2021."

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