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Posted by eottoke13,182 pts Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Approval of #MeToo movement in South Korea differs by gender, age, according to a survey



Nearly half of the people surveyed are in support of the #MeToo movement. However, significant differences in the level of approval were seen among different groups according to age, gender, and ideological stance.

According to results released Wednesday of a survey of 3,873 adults last year by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 53.7 percent of respondents said they support the movement. Those who were against the movement only accounted for 15.7 percent, with others taking a neutral stance on the issue.

By gender, women were more supportive of #MeToo than men, with 62.4 percent of women approving of the movement compared to just 45.2 percent of men.

By age, the older the respondent, the less supportive they were. Those in their 20s showed the highest approval with 58.4 percent, and the rate became lower among people in their 30s at 57 percent, those in their 40s at 55.6 percent, those in their 50s at 54.3 percent and those older, 49.8 percent.

People's ideological tendencies also affected their thoughts on the movement. Over 60 percent of liberal respondents supported #MeToo while only 47.8 percent of conservatives agreed with the movement. Those who said they are politically neutral had a 52.2 percent approval rate.

As to the effectiveness of the movement, 71.6 percent, and 64.7 percent said it would help reduce sexual violence and sexual discrimination, respectively, when multiple answers were allowed.

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    dancingbella23
    dancingbella234,192 pts Wednesday, June 5, 2019 0
    Wednesday, June 5, 2019

    not surprised here.

    I'd like to know who, why and how some women don't support this...... but then I remember how Trump got elected.

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    k_kid
    k_kid19,428 pts Wednesday, June 5, 2019 0
    Wednesday, June 5, 2019

    This is pretty obvious without having to write an article about it. Older generations raised children who grew up with conservative values mixed more modern values and those children are more open minded than their parents and their kids are even more open minded than their parents and so on and so forth.

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