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What To Know About The 4B Movement (theonion.com)

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The South Korean radical feminist 4B movement, in which women swear off marriage, childbirth, dating men, and sex with men, has sparked intense conversations among Americans on social media. Here is what you need to know about 4B.

Q: How did the 4B movement start?

A: It was developed in South Korea by a group of women who watched Bridget Jones’ Diary and realized men are more trouble than they’re worth.

Q: Why is it gaining popularity after the election?

A: Just a coincidence.

Q: Who are its members?

A: Thousands of women who haven’t seen you in that sleeveless hoodie yet

Q: Isn’t the Korean 4B movement virulently transphobic and homophobic?

A: Typical male question.

Q: Who benefits the most from this movement?

A: The 2028 Vance presidential campaign.

Q: Isn’t this the plot of Lysistrata?

A: Wow, someone has a classics degree

Q: Why are Americans joining the 4B movement?

A: To improve TikTok engagement for women everywhere.

Q: What can men do to help?

A: Whatever they’re doing now is already helping increase membership just fine.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 week ago

Whatever they’re doing now is already helping increase membership just fine

wheezing

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had made a 4B t-shirt using a quote from Hamlet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Scratch one up for horseshoe theory, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh that Lysistrata one Cuts deep I got to tell you.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Wow, someone has a classics degree

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean you can have an entire city state of women banding together to force change, or you could just trick eris into introducing them to the fo part of fafo and go watch some aristophanes