Gacha Drama and the Korean Gender War

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South Korea is in the midst of a brutal civil war, but it might not be the one you're thinking of.
The South Korean gender war is like nothing else in the world, with so-called "male chauvinists" and "radical feminists" clashing online, on the streets, and at the ballot box.

In this two part series, we'll be discussing the deep historical roots, but surprisingly modern origins, of the Korean gender war while contextualizing it all through the lens of almost unimaginably preposterous gacha game drama.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:09 - Call Me Ishmael: Project Moon and the Ishmael Swimsuit Incident
09:16 - The Korean Air Story
17:30 - Korea as a Hierarchical, Confucian Society
20:01 - The Lying, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
24:36 - Korean Neo-Confucianism and its Consequences
30:26 - Annexation by Japan, and a Rocky Transition to Westernization
41:31 - Memento VellMori
44:39 - Conclusion, No Credits Gag for Pt. 1
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Attributions:
Thumbnail by @BobberWCC
Cute Moon Channel Art at the end by my good friend, LouritaShine
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Flight 801 - NTSB Accident Report
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A...

Footage of Women's Rights Marches
BBC and CNA Insider, respectively

Honorific Diagrams
https://blog.lingodeer.com/korean-spe...

Instructions for Practical Living, by Yang Ming Zhi
https://archive.org/details/instructi...

Yi Hwang's and Yi I's Interpretations of the Taijitushuo, by Hyun-sun Lee
https://accesson.kr/kj/assets/pdf/849...

Routledge Handbook on Asian Politics
https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-H...

Economic Development in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Perspective
(A snippet: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu...)

Korean News Report on Gacha Drama
https://m.mbn.co.kr/tv/552/1334381

Declassified U.S. Documents Concerning Japanese War Crimes in Korea and Abroad
https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/ja...
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