Kwon Seong-dong Criticism in One Day... Ministry of Gender Equality and Family "Butter Knife Crew, Full Review"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] On the 5th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that it will conduct a full review of the youth gender equality culture promotion team project, 'Butterknife Crew.'

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released a press reference material on the same day, stating, "Concerns have been raised regarding the effectiveness of resolving gender conflicts and gender imbalance in the 'Youth Gender Equality Culture Promotion Team' project, so we will conduct a full review of the project implementation."

This follows the criticism of the project by Kwon Seong-dong, the floor leader of the People Power Party, who reiterated the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family the day before.

On the previous day, Floor Leader Kwon posted on Facebook about the 'Butterknife Crew' project, saying, "While claiming to alleviate male-female conflicts, it actually amplifies them, provides tax support biased toward a specific ideology, and repeats outdated practices that were criticized in the past. Cultural improvement cannot be achieved through a project. Butterknife is already in its fourth term, but what effect has it had on improving male-female conflicts?"

Floor Leader Kwon argued, "The support targets are skewed toward feminism, and excessive feminism has been one of the causes of male-female conflicts. It is a contradiction to claim to alleviate male-female conflicts while amplifying them, and it is precisely this contradiction that has led to public opinion calling for the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family."

The youth gender equality culture promotion team 'Butterknife Crew' is a project that started in 2019 to support teams engaged in activities to spread a culture of gender equality. This year, teams were selected to promote projects in four areas: gender equality, alleviation of gender conflicts, creation of a fair youth job environment, and mental care, with an inauguration ceremony held on the 30th of last month.

Originally, after Minister Kim Hyun-sook took office, the Ministry emphasized 'gender conflicts' and 'youth job environment' as special themes for this year's promotion team activities. The promotion team proposed projects corresponding to the four areas and planned to conduct thematic research, campaigns, and content production activities.

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