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December 24, 2024

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Where sexist, anti-Park rhetoric comes from and what it means

Experts divided on how traditional gender roles shape misogynist attacks on S.Korean president

North Korea is not known for its ringing endorsements of South Korea’s leadership, but its recent assessments of Park Geun-hye have taken a very personal tone of late.

Specifically, they have resorted to offensive slurs directed at the gender of the South’s first female president.

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