Several people have called for the withdrawal of the three gold medals that the South Korean An San has achieved in the archery category because they consider it to be “a short haired feminist“.
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Some men have demanded from the Korea Archery Association that annuls the three gold metals with a hard macho attack against the 20-year-old athlete who managed to reach several Olympic records.
The despicable comments against An San were produced in a forum, without hesitation to charge against her. The criticisms were based on reproaching him that he had short hair and that “goes to an all-female college“.
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S. Korean men are demanding the Korean Archery Association to take back the gold medals from Olympic record-breaking archer An San, alleging that “she’s a short-haired feminist.”
And it’s only the most recent episode in a barrage of mounting anti-feminist backlash here.
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— solidarity.kr_ (@solidarity_kr) July 29, 2021
“He has short hair, he goes to an exclusive university for women, use slang that hate men, wears badges commemorating the Seoul ferry incident and is a fan of the South Korean girl group Mamamoo, “a user denounces on social media.
Bullying against An intensified via male-majority online community spaces on the basis that she “has short hair, goes to a women’s only college, uses man-hating slangs, wears badges commemorating theSewol Ferry incident, is a fan of MAMAMOO, and is from Gwangju, Jeolla Province.” pic.twitter.com/OX22KCQCEW
— solidarity.kr_ (@solidarity_kr) July 29, 2021
Some people asked him on his Instagram account that “Why did you cut your hair short?“, something that did not sit well with the South Korean athlete and to which she responded sharply with a”because it is convenient“.
She herself was the one who denounced the harassment received on social networks when other users did not hesitate to insult her after her Olympic victories in archery, calling her “disabled whore“A line that has led to a public campaign against An San with the aim of trying to get the South Korean federation to withdraw the metals obtained in the Tokyo Olympics.
with a succinct response “Because it’s convenient ????” In another, she openly condemned a person who spewed ableist insults at her calling her “a disabled f***er” by sharing the screenshots of the DM on her Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/FcHsgRlum8
— solidarity.kr_ (@solidarity_kr) July 29, 2021
After the complaint went viral, many people have turned to the South Korean athlete and have asked the Korean Archery Association to defend the three-time Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020 publicly and that take legal action against attackers.
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To be clear, people have shown resolute solidarity with An since these men began to lash out online abuse. They’ve been requesting the AA to protect the player from online terrorism by 1. not forcing her to apologize 2. not reacting to their bs 3. potentially taking legal action pic.twitter.com/fjtykGNGeb
— solidarity.kr_ (@solidarity_kr) July 29, 2021
