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About me

Seung Jin Alex Oh

Hello! My name is Alex. I'm currently studying English at Busan University Of Foreign Studies. I'm Korean. Therefore my English could be wrong in many times. All comments and feedback are welcome (Includes grammar,sentence error). Feel free to teach me :D

I own an on-line community about reality show since 2006. Therefore i always had an interest in media. Especially i enjoy watching media a lot. Drama,Talk Show even music is my life for me. I like to reviewing media as well. You can call me media geek or freak because i wouldn't mind :). 

In this blog, I'm going to post about Korea media and internet culture. If you have a same interests or like my post, feel free to contact me ! 

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MEGALIA : Feminists community that fights for hatred towards to female

Korea has the fastest internet speed on the planet. Therefore, There are a lot of internet users who are very out-spoken.Furthermore, Korean internet users were not ashamed of using  ‘Female hatred Words’. Users created humongous amount of words that make fun of female. There was an air that it is ok to make fun of female’.Feminists fought against this air but it was not enough for some reason.

However ‘Megalia’ created on 2015. It was feminists community that fought against female hatred. Megalia quickly got famous and their voice was not ignorable. They used same way as male based communities has used which was violent. They call it ‘Mirroring’. They say ‘it is the most effective way to give awareness’. So, the war has began between gender based communities. However, Korean online gender based communities are being counter productive for some reasons : Dignity,Violent and Gossip fight.

Dignity is important. Even war has a law. If you are in a fight, you should respect your opponent. You are no more than an animal while you lost your respect and dignity. We are human beings who fight for gender equality. This war may end soon but it is not too late to change method. It is time to stop cursing each other.

Furthermore hatred to hatred never works.They use an words that is unnecessary violent. There is a way to give someone awareness by violence. However, nobody could say that it is right. It may seem effective at that moment but it is never good in the long terms. The words that both the male and female communities use are hate-based. No matter how it intended to be , it makes people uncomfortable. If their word get famous, people will use violent word without a conscious. Word affects personality. Korean internet culture will be more violent. Furthermore it might affect real life In sociolinguistics point. Their intent is covering by violence. Nobody will use these words for the gender equality. Furthermore, it may affect teenagers who use internet a lot and affected by it a lot. They will use these words for fun. There will be no gender equality, there will be only hatred left.

It’s not a discussion, It is a gossip fight. There are a lot of people who fighting for gender equality in the world. They bring up great sources how women were discriminated in the past. So, it moves people's mind by details. However, the Korean internet war for gender equality has turned into a gossip fight. The most of comments or opinions are simply objecting male community’s childish mockery.Of course, there is few people who have a great sources to stand feminism. However, it seems like users of megalia are complimenting them but not to encourage them. Discussion or debate could make positive result but this war turning into gossip fight. It is sad because it may end up by short cut. Just like a gossip.

We should consider that it is not about war, it is about an enlightenment. Enlightenment is never easy. However war doesn’t make an enlightenment. Enlightenment comes from education. As an adult, we should stop gossip or swear each other. We need to give them a great example and teach them about what is the real gender equality for next generations. We should stop this violent war and think about what is important for a gender equality. It could be huge step for equality or it could be history of online nightmare.

WORD INFO :

MEGALIA : In 2015, when the mers virus hit Korea. ‘Mers gallery’ created in DC inside community. DC inside has gallery for lots of different subjects. So, users can discuss about subjects. Gallery means intenet board in DC inside. However, Mers gallery wasn’t about a virus. Female users came to gallery and started raise their voice towards to “Female hatred”. There was few female based on-line community in Korean but they weren't outspoken as mers gallery. Mers gallery attacked male based community at the same time female haters in real life. They were on point and violent, Just like other male based communities. DC inside watched this on-line war for a moment and they banned both female,male hatred words. Users of mers gallery couldn’t  stand the ban. So they decided to create their own community.