The Real Reason Why Female KPOP Idols Are Scared Of Korean Men 

many of you often ask us why we blur some words or cut out some words from the audio. the answer is very simple… we don’t want to do that but we have to in order to follow youtube’s guidelines. we had tried to upload this video like 10 times before (maybe even more) but we had to redo it multiple times because youtube kept demonetizing it claiming that it contains controversial issues that are TOO descriptive. we wish we could cover more of these serious topics on the channel, but to do a 16-minute long video takes daaaays and it results in being demonetized most of the time. it’s very frustrating but there’s nothing we can do about it. it’s also sad how there are literal predators on youtube and that’s “okay” but drawing attention to the issues women go through is apparently too “controversial”. i hope that at least some of our viewers will appreciate this video and understand that if we could, we would use proper words to describe these issues and not censor them. after like the 10th upload, we lost any hope with this video and i expect it will probably get flagged in a couple of hours but well at least we tried. love you all!♥

Korean culture, Korean food and K-pop are being embraced around the world these days, but korea’s cultural issues are rarely discussed. The intense hatred of feminism to the point where women are bullied to suicide, the Nth room scandals, xenophobia/racism… Rather than blind worshipping of Korean things we need a balanced education and view.

As a foreign woman currently living in South Korea, a lot of this pertains to non-idol females and especially to foreign women as well. I've been here for two years and have had several guys try to follow me and it had happened to other women I know as well. Many males will leer and get too close to you. Though crime is low here, sexual assault isn't. Women aren't really considered "victims" and are rarely heard. I am very cautious of men especially when there are a group of drunks. Being drunk is a great excuse for assaulting a female, I'm not joking.

It still angers me to this day thay Goo Hara's ex is still alive, free, and his business is going well. I don't care about justice or trials. I just want him to suffer

I feel so sorry for Hara that poor soul had such a tough life.Her mother who abandoned Hara and her brother at a young age came out of nowhere after her death just so that she could claim inheritance to her property. There was even a robbery st Hara's house after her death. From her mother leaving them at a young age, having a pyscho ex boyfriend, to maintaining an easy looking but full of toxicity and darkness idol, life she has suffered way too much. I hope she's in peace now away from this toxic world with Sulli her soulmate. This world didn't deserve them.

Hyuna is such a legendary queen love her so much the things she’s probably been through is so heart breaking she was so young (15) and exploited so much.

I think the most alarming part of this video is that 79.7% of Korean men admitted to have abused a girlfriend during the dating period. This literally means that more also partook in this if 80% wasn't bad enough. Absolutely disgusting.

It’s genuinely disgusting when you hear these stories, the ones specifically about older men preying on young girls. The power of celebrity giving these guys the belief that they’re untouchable, and unfortunately with laws in South Korea being what they are - a lot of the time they are. It’s not just on these brave women to come out and tell their stories, as men - it’s on us to call out this shitty behaviour so nobody feels comfortable acting this way too. Hopefully, we see bigger changes in society as a whole so women can feel much safer 🙏

You know what frustrated me the most in the kpop industry? The double standard. Look how men k-idols do some disgusting shit, they can still be successful with their career, on the other hand, if women did something very little wrongful action ( most are just actions that were misunderstood, like having a resting btch face) will get hate train immediately and will potentially ruin their careers.

Honestly this is so messed up. I am not asian but where I'm from a lot of girl girl ab***d and men make them think that it's their fault for not being "good" enough. Thanks for bringing this up.

And another sad thing is Korea's law is weird. Many SA perpetrators receive a very light sentence.

This is one of the reasons I support female idols more and have them as role models rather than male idols...Actually everyone says I'm weird because I love,respect, appreciate them so much and that the weirdest thing is that I'm not crazy over male(I mean a huge fan) idols..I support and cherish female idols cause I can understand the dangers they may be going through day by day.Girls were always looked down upon and victims of mostly male attackers.Sonetimes people critisize female idols when they talk harshly to males but the funny thing is that nobody knows what happened behind the scenes.i believe females around the world are trying to claim their rights as they should and they are working hard to break the stereotypes surrounding the word female.I hope everyone will once understand that females are still going through a lot of prejudice bit that doesn't mean that we should give up it's them who have to give up on their disgusting behaviours and thoughts

AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY WOMEN NO LONGER WANT TO BE MARRIED OR HAVE KIDS..

Now u know why irene is scared of men. Stop hating over her and start hating on these nasty men.

"A WOMAN Brought You Into This World Therefore You Have No Right To Disrespect One." - Not Thanos

The reasons why I can't question Irene's/ Rosé and others attitude with men.

Why does this not have more views, it brings things to light about serious topics and issues and hopefully these people get done for can't believe I used to be huge fan of these idols keep doing these videos girl 👏

"There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm." - Christina Aguilera

I've always wanted to be a kpop idol after seeing this I'm not sure if i still want to

1:08 reading that is one of the reasons I still haven't finished or started reading Jessica Jung's YA novel, Shine. The story is inspired by her experiences as a KPOP Idol but I couldn't get past the second page because it was just traumatizing and triggering for me as a fan who basically saw/lived the events on the other side. Yoona's experience reminds me why I'm still on the fence about reading the novel. The stuff that female idols have experienced is not right. They shouldn't be experiencing that at all.

And "Cookie" by New Jeans is just going to be overlooked too. Can we please stop sexualizing children... like I am so disgusted over these companies

This is extremely scary, especially for younger female idols! This is an industry where both male and female idols are extremely vulnerable to a lot of harassment, coersion, etc. They should all be careful!!!

I think it applies to all women in general in South Korea....it's is so disturbing 😳 ,am so mad that there are no extremely strict measures to peaple who always harrased women,the whole weird way they eventually let it be,to think some one is look up to them yet there creeps...this isn't ok....this is sick

Korean society is just so conservative. In Korea especially female idols are expected to have a cute, clean, and precise image. Female trainees have stricter rules to follow than male trainees. Strict rules like no dating, strict diets, no tattoos, no being friends with male idols, need permission if they want to change their physical appearance, etc. For example, Twice looks so happier in there US concerts than the one they had in Korea. In the US, Jeongyeon didn't get judged by her weight, Chaeyoung got to freely show off her tattoos, Sana got to be sexy when she was rollin in Oakland, etc. They could never do this in Korea or any Asian country in general.

I've been digging in deep on the darker side of kpop, simply because it's usually shown as glitter and gold leaving a lot of people myself included thinking it's an easy cake walk. Reality check, it isn't and this video is a fragment of proof but there's a lot more out there so go educate yourself please. Not trying to be rude by the way. ❤

At some point even male K-pop idols are scared of Korean MEN , lets take Lee Taemin as a example whenever he goes to any variety shows the men hosts of the shows always try to make him uncomfortable because of his feminine looks , there has been just too many incidents like this like touching his butt , his shirt off etc whatever happens he never complains it is usually Key , Minho , Onew and Jonghyun (the other SHINee members) who try to defend the hosts , but when he is in a SuperM or Solo interview he seems totally uncomfortable and he is not the only male idol with feminine looks to be made sure to feel uncomfortable there are more like EXO's Baekhyun and Suho , NCT's Taeyoung , etc.

It's tough being a female

Yet female idols get demonised and bullied for "hateing men" and being feminist (nothing wrong with that).

these "men" are walking around freely as if nothing happened, while Ilhoon is in jail because of weed... I'm deeply disgusted and grossed out

A recent and sad case of CEO’s taking advantage of young idols (can’t temper their ages but they were just barely adults and most likely were underaged when it started) is the group Yellow Bee. Such a sad and tragic story. I really hope the group gets the help they need and doesn’t let what happened to them diminish their love for performing

It’s crazy how these guys can legit admit to developing romantic feelings for underage girls on TV! And not suffer any consequences. Also YG’s situation makes him no better than a sasaeng-in fact it DOES make him a sasaeng

There are always pros and cons of doing something. But nobody deserves this.

I was gonna study there for college but when I found out about Their huge hidden camera problem thing they have there some months ago it’s turned into a huge NO. When I was researching this I also found out that a lot of women to fight against this they have these red cards that will show if there any cameras if you look through them but it’s a real shame that it even got to that point seriously. There need to be way more media coverage on this.

This happens everywhere in the entertainment business not just in Kpop. You hear about it all the time in America even in other professions. America’s law used to not protect women either, but people change it. What need to be done is Kpop fans need to stop criticize female idols when they gain weight and etc. Companies use them to profit with sex appeal and etc. when you are female supporting companies who do shitty things you are not doing them a favor. How is it people still don’t understand they are the ones who allow that kind of behavior? If companies keep making profit out of it, nothing will change how female idols are treated.

it's all so terrifying. It's truly like sistar is saying: STAY HOME and lock your windows and doors. be safe!

What I think about this issue is that you’re an absolute hero and legend for giving voice to these problems and not mincing words while doing it. We can support our idols but also shine a light on the problematic spots to make things better.

Please also do why korean men are so sensitive when female kpop idols makes unintentional signs which makes them think they hate men?????

It was a while back, but on Get Real, I remember BM and Peniel discussing this issue with Ashley and I believe her friend Joan was there as well, it opened the guys' eyes, BM even asked Ashley if she carried protection like pepper spray, then they had a discussion as to whether Mace was legal in Korea, I have to go back an rewatch it though. (Edit: Joan was not in the episode, but it was Episode 1 of Get Real)

the fact that i might be stanning idols who were part of the Nth chatrooms is giving me the shivers...

A real man knows how to respect a woman, because he knows the feeling if someone would disrespect his mother.

It is really scary. In the industry it happens so much. Like sexual harassment 😬

The more I learn about Super Junior the more disappointed I get. And to think they were the first boy group I ever liked... gosh.... (to be fair, there are some members that I still like and I hope they are not problematic like Yesung, Donghae and Eunhyuk)

Time hasn't been kind to women, and when times are changing there are still those who don't get it. I feel truly disgusted that women still get treated this way. I'm a male myself and I feel so disgusted to be a man sometimes. There are a lot of nice men out there, but the fact that there are so many rotten apples still breaks my heart... I'm glad these things are being investigated and the men that do stuff like this get properly charged.

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Even with the threat of demonetization this channel has chosen to highlight the abuse women must endure for their craft and careers. The more power and control a woman has over her body and futures, the more threatened and insecure the males feel. Keep fighting the good fight. 👏👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 There was a flash of Billie Eilish. She should serve as a role model for all young women. She established herself without any input from the "industry" and is in complete control of her destiny. Because she demanded the control. Girls united!

I noticed from watching videos of kpop idols (usually fan made) that every now and then you see things of men just totally disrespecting female kpop idols. I saw one clip of a show where there were three MC's (I think) two men and one girl. As they started walking towards the camera, possibly for a break, one of the men turned around and full out punched the girl in the arm. The two men continued walking and the girl stopped holding her arm and trying to fight off tears. It doesn't even matter how big the idols are, I've seen times where even a member of BlackPink has been treated badly on shows. Plus what I saw were just little things, I can't imagine how some female idols are treated off camera.

Despite the dark and uncomfortable topic, this was so informative and beautifully written it gave me chills!!! Glad to see more content exposing the dark side of kpop. It’s really sad to see the lengths companies go to to protect their image/connections instead of protecting women. Hopefully things will change in the near future

This is very scary

The same thing happened to the Fifth Harmony Girls. Exploited at a young age. Also don’t think it’s just females being prostituted to rich sponsors but young males too. Anyone being sold against their will, it’s disgusting and I feel for these kids.

This is exactly why you should never stan an idol group because every idol group (including girl groups) has done something wrong. Just listen to the music and watch the variety shows but dont support the groups like they're some special thing. You'd be setting yourself up for disappointment once the real people behind the idol characters are revealed. I watch the variety stuff of groups and listen to the music but that's it. I watch and listen for the entertainment factor. DON'T GET ATTACHED TO IDOL GROUPS, they dont know you and you don't know them.

Fascinating informative video on the unfortunate dark and Shady side within the K-pop music industry especially the disrespect and mistreatment towards Female Idols such is quite disturbing and totally disgusting. It can seriously affect the mental health of these Female Idols as well

Honestly, at the point I don't know what to do . We are literally livin' in 2022, we have even gone through PANDEMIC. How long is it when we will treat everyone equal....ofc before laws. This makes me sad...from telling to cover us up because we provoke men to getting r**p*d is just sad. We gotta be strong and assertive about this. I wish one day we will get through this.

honestly I am disappointed in these male idols and specially super junior, and I hope that in the future the female idols will be treated properly

Hyuna Jessi hwasa are some of the only woman who seems mature enough to take action and talk about this issues others are too dependent and quite

It’s not fair how Female idols get Treated

Excellent job in your reporting. It's sad that we as women gave birth to men like that 🤢🤮 I be embarrassed to say that's my son the movie star or singer. I pray that the something will change for many women who thinks they have to ender this type of treatment in the entertainment industry.

I hate the double standard. Men can get away with all this disgusting shit and have their careers and fans in tact, meanwhile a female idol will just look at a male idol unfavorably and she will be cancelled with her career hanging on a thread. And a large part of this is due to women's own damn internalized misogyny that are so quick to annihilate a woman's career with no room for redemption while their oppars get a free pass to everything. I hate it so damn much.

I hope South Korean men will realize how much these women go through, thankfully most of these are in 2nd gen / 3rd gen, but still, it feels wrong no matter how much time has passed

It reminds me of what happened in Hollywood with Harvey Weinstein. It went on for years and no one, male or female, said anything. It’s disgusting and people need to start speaking up when they see something. I’m sure it can be scary speaking up but the sooner the better. You can’t allow these gross predators to get away with it.

It's so sad that most of the time were not safe just because of are gender :/

A couple of times I have seen videos done by others, talking about how the abusive and violent behavior of Korean men in a TV series is okay as long as they are in love with the woman and she can "heal" him. That actually makes me sick to my stomach. I love that not only are you calling out all the abusers, but also all the government, police, entertainment execs, and even fans who protect them. Normalizing abuse is wrong. Victim blaming/shaming is wrong. They should tattoo crimes on foreheads so everyone knows what these men do when they think they can get away with it. This doesn't just happen in Korea, but I definitely believe the people of Korea who allow these kinds of behaviors to continue should be ashamed of themselves.

This not only happening in Korea it happened all over the world.

I've always struggled with this.....on one hand, I love K-pop, and on the other hand, I HATE what they have to endure. Hate is a strong word that appropriately fits this topic. I'm a very optimistic person. However, when it comes to what they go through, I can never see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's too deep-rooted. Please tell me why 90% of young girls want to be Kpop idols? Whatever happened to becoming a doctor, lawyer, or scientist? I have a friend who is super talented, and if they auditioned they would more than likely make it. When I heard this was their dream and they will be auditioning.......I wanted to cry!! These young girls have no idea what they are signing up for but, their parents do! These men with power know the girls want it so bad they are willing to sell their souls. Recently a big artist said if they had the choice to do it all over again the answer would be NO. Black Pink is on top of the world right now. Every single member in the group is beautiful. I can't even imagine the hell they've been through and still going through, being surrounded by powerful men. I used them just as an example but, by no means am I discounting any other groups. Men included. This is one of many reasons why they suffer from a vast amount of mental health issues. Since the beginning of time, most Asian men felt women were created for their domestic and sexual pleasures. This is a learned behavior passed down from generation to generation. Girls are taught the day they come out of the womb what position they play. That goes for the young boys too. They are taught their position and the duties of a woman. Btw, who started aegyo? Why do have to sound like a child in order to be cute or flirtatious? For an adult to sound like a seven-year-old submissive child comes across as very disturbing to me. I guess it's all about the culture and how you grew up. I feel bad for all the idols. Sexual assault does not discriminate. They spend at least 10 years of their life more unhappy than happy,

Some Members from Big Bang and Super Junior are ve problematic and they are biggest 2nd gen boy groups

This is truly disturbing. Thank you sharing information about this. I didn’t know this type of stuff existed. I feel awful for all the female idols that had to endure this type of treatment. I can’t imagine how many of them have lost their opportunity to debut or even make it in the industry because of these disgusting people.

A life of an artist is never simple I just can't imagine what these idols go through its not just about females I'm sure many male artists have also faced a lot, from such a young age.

JYP himself is creepy enough so him having influence over these girls careers is repulsive.I am amazed at how they dress these girls in such inappropriate outfits.The price of fame for them is quite a high price to pay.

I love how informative and descriptive your videos are... Thank you for providing such information 👍🏼

And these men have the audacity to hate female tht stands up against them🤡🤡

I am not a Korean. I am from Germany, my parents from Turkey and Kurdistan. And I am also kind of scared of men … the Situation in Turkey is so awful and scary …

Its the fact that half of the world thinks Korea is the safest country to exist but they don't know the true about Korea and there no such think as save anymore when I was child I dreamed of traveling to places and thinks like this makes me rethink my decision and it really sad that idols have to go through this my heart goes out to each and very on of them and hopefully these females idols get the Justice they deserve 😞🙏🙏🙏

i’m a meu too & sulli is literally till today my biggest inspiration her girls supporting girls messages & overall doing so much for females & female products taking about period blood is such a kween behavior i still hate men & knetz for dragging her i seriously hate korean society & mostly importantly cis straight men misogynists!

You snapped with this video! This video was so well done and I appreciate all the effort and research you put into it

As disgusting as the Burning Sun scandal was, it shed a lot of light on the ugly issues within Korea itself and the industry. I felt so bad for the fans having to grieve the loss of people whom they thought their idols were, and the women (men, too, I believe) who had to grieve the loss of themselves because stuff like this changes oneself.

Not only idols , at the beginning of our relationship my Korean girlfriend ( I'm European )was so confused the way I'm interacting with her taking extra care for her that most of the times she thought I'm faking my personality :D

Taeyeon's and Jessica's incident was so sosososososo publicly done, tsk tsk.

Women should learn to stand together, I see a lot of women hating each other and trying bring each other down, it's really sad.

Police are also men -.- and a lot of them are probably in that sane boat as the other men doing wrong to women. The ones whonare not are probably being threatened or stuff like that 😣 sad and tough reality. So cruel

With all of this I think we need not forget the one word that can destroy a female idol in Korea, feminist. Nietzens start a whisper and dig hard to get ANY crumble of proof. It's treated like feminism is equal to spying or flipping off a CEO.

someone needs to reveal those male celebrities in the nth room so they can get the hate they deserve

Some men are so weird..

Hearing these stories, I'm 60+ now but makes me want to be like a den mom to these girls to protect them and teach them to speak up for themselves. They must feel so lost not knowing where to turn when someone misbehaves towards them.

Thank you for sharing this, I grew up loving Kpop, but as I grow older I do noticed the dark side of the undustry. Thank you for educating many, you too have a fan in all of us :)

I really want to know why YGs wife married him. He`s much older than her, ruined her career, is a disgusting and weird man and much more. It can`t be just because he`s rich. Please. In my opinion he`s the most toxic husband I`ve ever heard of.

This isn't even a secret. Anyone not naive to how the entertainment world works would just assume that this kind of stuff happens. NOT that it's right, but you have parents very willing to sell their kids in to the entertainment industry. It's like people have this warped fantasy about Korea or Asia in general. Like.. oh, they're so innocent and always kind and never do anything wrong! Like nah. They're people and people suck everywhere. There are predators everywhere, ESPECIALLY in the entertainment world. Any parent that willingly puts their kid in to that industry knows what they're signing their kid up for. They know the abuse their kid is going to receive but they care more about the $$.

They don't deserve this

Am not suprised but am always suprised at the same time...I choose to believe that atleast the idols now will make a serious change in the near future..for other people who may want to be idols too...

It’s not just Korean men ! It’s men no matter their ethnicity !

When a society likes alcohol so much, even celebrate if one could drink a lot at any time, then you will get issues like these

It’s obvious even in Kdramas how women are treated in Korea. The writers aren’t getting that abuse from out of thin air. It’s disgusting and I’m always so angry watching them and yelling at thee screen “HIT HIM BACK”! “Why are you letting someone pour milk on you?” “Taking inappropriate pictures and you become their dog for what?”

The video is amazing.. I hope lots of people would appreciate all the info put in it. I was hoping Irene incident would be here. And targeting Korean men in general . .. 😅 I mean international stockers aren't any good. Anyways . It sheds light on a really important topic.. Thank you so much for making it

“A Boy Become Very Dangerous When He Learns How To Control His Feelings” - Sun Tzu, Art of War

i am NEVER going to understand why, WHY ggs have male managers/staffs, NEVER EVER

This video covered everything I hope knetizen also go through this video and look at what's actually happening

bestie you forgot jaywhypee, he’s also very disgusting 🙄

Every countries women are going through some thing. But people don't pay attention to it. It's serious but those people are always ready to blame victim.

As a man I must say the men's behavior is disgusting no women should have to be scared of anyone and liek the way so many famous ppl could be involved and no one knows is js scary

Not enough people talking about these grown men calling 'dibs' on girls ELEVEN to FOURTEEN years old. What world do we live in???

Thank you so much for making this video. It's so scary that crimes by these creeps get swept under the rug and then just becomes more normalized as if they won't get consequences for their actions... and that's one of the reasons why this perpetuates 🙄 omg @11:04 ...... how tf is this ignored how is this ok.....

This needs to be talked about more. I'm a huge fan of skz, but even I sometimes wonder "what are they like behind closed doors?" You could think this about any man, really. Men in general are very scary to women and girls because they often hide their true sexual nature. So many of them have the most disgusting fetishes that no one knows about until they get caught. Men who seem like perfectly normal gentlemen can be the most twisted, sadistic freaks in their heads. It's a sad reality, but we have to accept it and raise awareness.

I can't begin to express just how NECESSARY this video is! 👏👏👏👏 wooow!