What Is the 4B Movement? After Trump’s Reelection, American Women Are Adopting South Korea’s Radical Feminism

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, you may have been seeing references to the 4B movement pop up on your FYP. It’s billed as a way for with each other and to resist the patriarchy in their everyday lives.

But what is the 4B movement, and could it actually work?The 4B movement originated in South Korea in the 2010s, at around the same time took hold in the United States.

In Korean, “B” is shorthand for the word bi, meaning “no.” The four “Bs” are bisekseu (no sex with men), bichulsan (no giving birth), biyeonae (no dating men), and bihon (no marrying men), per The movement began in response to high rates of violence against women, including the 2016 murder of a young woman in a public bathroom in Seoul, per the .

Since the mid-2010s, the movement has grown, mostly online on TikTok and Instagram, with women vowing to cease personal romantic relationships with men.Jung Se-young, a 4B YouTuber, has said, “Marriage is the root cause of patriarchy in South Korea,” per .Recently, the four Bs have grown to include additional protests, including no purchasing “pink tax” items such as makeup and beauty products, and a commitment by 4B women to support other 4B women.