You may have seen western media outlets talking about the ‘4B’ movement from South Korea. You may be wondering what it means, where it came from, and why it matters.
First things first: the ‘4’ part refers to four things that women tend to do in life, namely: date men, have sex with men, marry men, and childbirth. The ‘B’ comes from a Chinese language origin prefix which turns a verb into its negative meaning.
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