Why Women In South Korea Are Sharing Pics Of Their Short Hair

Women are sharing pics of their short hair with the hashtag #women_shortcut_campaign

South Korean archer An San won three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, but mixed with the praise and adulation she received back home was also criticism over her short hair. The 20-year-old faced online abuse from people calling her hairstyle "feminist" - a term that in South Korea is often associated with being a man-hater, reports BBC. 머리 방치해서 조금 길러 두다가, 이번 #안산 선수 숏컷 관련 남성 온라인 집단테러 보고 정신 번쩍 들어서, 얼른 가서 바짝 자르고 왔다. 여자 청소년들도 숏컷하면 괴롭힘 당한다니 더욱 함께 스크럽을 짜는 수 밖에!어서오시라 숏컷의 숲! 우리는 여자를 구하고 지킬 것이다 #여성_숏컷_캠페인pic.twitter.com/jGeTnTaLG9 #여성_숏컷_캠페인진정한 숏컷으로 다당하게 돌아왔습니다 자매님들 ^_^ pic.twitter.com/lHkElrC8T6 #여성_숏컷_캠페인투블럭 2년째~~~ pic.twitter.com/NQfLKwAHtX #숏컷_챌린지#여성_숏컷_챌린지#여성_숏컷_캠페인쿠헬헬 신난다~지나가는 ????들보다 내가 더 잘생김 킹~ pic.twitter.com/vJUF52KBlv #여성_숏컷_캠페인우하하 같은날임 pic.twitter.com/p4LTCuHCNS "We didn't train and feed you with tax money so that you can commit feminist acts," read one comment on her Instagram. "It's good she got a gold but her short hair makes her seem like she's a feminist. If she is, I withdraw my support. All feminists should die," another man said in a post.  In South Korea - a place with strict and unforgiving beauty standards for women - long hair is seen as a symbol of conventional femininity. An San's decision to wear her hair short was seen by some as "violating' society's idea of what a woman should look like", Ryu Hyeong-rim, an activist with Womenlink, told UPI.