Abstract

BAVOLEO, Bárbara  and  CHAURE, Desirée. Cyberfeminism: Emergency and Characteristics of online feminism in South Korea. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2019, vol.14, n.1, pp.137-149. ISSN 1909-3063.  https://doi.org/10.18359/ries.3746.

This paper examines online feminist groups from South Korea, understood under the framework concept of feminism, in order to contextualize their emergency, analyze their characteristics and evaluate their cultural and political actions. Data collection was conducted through mapping and selection of websites, news reporting and specialized literature; the results have been processed based on five dimensions of analysis: Characteristics of cyberfeminism group members, types of collaboration, topics of interest, categories of action and stance on the LGBT community. It was found that online feminism in Korea is mainly composed of female students and professionals; the types of collaboration among its members take place at online and offline spaces; these groups address "sensitive" issues and share hard-to-access information; the category of action can be divided into active (manifestations, use of mirroring) and passive (reading clubs, translations of feminist texts), although the former prevails; and their stance on the LGBT community is divided into support and inclusion of their demands in the feminist struggle versus rejection as some consider only women are subject to discussion. The final section evaluates the social importance and influence of online feminism.

Keywords : Cyberfeminism; Korea; feminism; gender; woman; society.

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