One more news story about the 4B movement. I talked to CNN a couple of days ago.
After Trump’s win, some women are considering the 4B movement
Harmeet Kaur for CNN, November 9, 2004
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/us/4b-movement-trump-south-korea-wellness-cec/index.html
In Han’s view, the 4B movement is unlikely to become mainstream in the US.
She says it relies too heavily on the gender binary and that those inspired to join it as a result of the election are overlooking the fact that plenty of women voted for Trump, too…
Han predicts that American interest in the 4B movement will subside quickly. Still, she hopes that the recent discourse around it will help women understand that they aren’t alone in their struggles and build solidarity with others around the world.
“I think a lot of American women are … trying to find ways to seek empowerment and find a way to survive,” Han says. “And I hope what they find is not necessarily a particular movement like the 4B movement, but a recognition that struggles for reproductive justice and gender equality are certainly not just American concerns.”
That’s it, folks — I don’t have anything else to say about the 4B movement or why it’s going viral right now. Apologies to folks who emailed me yesterday and today with more interview requests, but unless the focus shifts now to how short-sighted this is, and how this kind of reactionary feminism can lead to reductive gender binary thinking and even trans-exclusionary radical feminism (TERF), I won’t be responding to any more media queries.