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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by emergencyfood to c/[email protected]
 

Source: Part 1 and Part 2

Tl;dw - Unlike China and Japan, medieval Korea followed an extreme school of Confucianism that emphasized hierarchy and age over practicality. After WW2, the South Korean ~~dictatorship~~ government used this tradition to cement their own power. The video argues that these have made South Korea an extremely hierarchical, and in particular, sexist, society. A video game's refusal to sexualize a female character for their (mostly male) audience was thus seen as an attack on the system. A female artist at the studio was accused of being a 'radical feminist', and either fired or resigned to appease fans.

Edit: As Denjin pointed out, it should be Ming Dynasty and not Tang Dynasty.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So why did the release of an insufficiently sexy M&M create a storm among US TV show hosts?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It didn't, no one really cares about that. It's culture war propaganda to distract from real issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the real issues like Lola Bunny.