A 24-year-old man who assaulted a female convenience store clerk in the southeastern city of Jinju last year, calling her a “feminist” due to her short hair, has been sentenced to three years in prison in his appeal trial.
The court recognized the attack as a “misogynistic crime,” marking the first time in South Korea that misogyny was acknowledged as a motive in a criminal ruling. The victim, who lost her hearing due to the attack, expressed relief at the “meaningful ruling.”
The Changwon District Court’s criminal division upheld Wednesday the original three-year sentence for the attacker, 24, citing “groundless hatred toward women” as the motive behind the crime.
The incident occurred in April last year, when the 24-year-old assaulted a female part-time worker at a convenience store in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, because of her short hairstyle, calling her a “feminist.”
Does he know that women like nuns, and many others throughout history had short hair? Idiot. This is like that episode of it’s always Sunny turned to 11, the one where Dennis wants to shut down the salon giving women short haircuts