Actions of man sentenced to three years in prison were ‘rooted in baseless hatred and bias against women’
A South Korean court for the first time explicitly recognized misogyny as a motive for hate crime amid a growing "anti-feminist" movement in the East Asian country.
The Changwon District Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's sentencing of a man to three years in jail for aggravated assault, destruction of property, and obstruction of business. The court ruled that the man's actions "were rooted in baseless hatred and bias against women", The Korea Herald reported.
The man in his 20s was arrested last November for attacking a woman he perceived to be a feminist because she had short hair. "Since you have short hair, you must be a feminist. I'm a male chauvinist, and I think feminists should be punished," the man had said, according to the South Korean police. He reportedly kicked and punched the woman who was working at a convenience store in Jinju in the South Gyeongsang province.
He also assaulted a customer, a man in his 50s, who tried to intervene. "Why are you not taking my side? She is a feminist," the accused allegedly told the customer.
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