Recently, the former member of Loona and current member of the Artms Kim Lip appeared on the Momoland’s Jooe YouTube channel. This apparition of Kim Lip has attracted significant attention to his comments on the prevailing double standards and on the problem of misogyny in the K-pop sector.
In particular, the female idol stressed that there are different expectations for male and female idols, with the latter “which has much more difficult”,
“Female idols must always be simply cute. But male idols can get angry, laugh, be cute and do all kinds of things “, Kim Lip said, adding“That’s why I would have liked to be a male idol. But since I can’t do it, I have to work hard.
While a snippet of Kim Lip’s appearance was published on the SNS X platform, it became rapidly viral, gaining sympathy from various netizen and fans. These people have also underlined various examples for female idols who get hatred for the most minimal problems, while male idols can still be active despite the disputes at the criminal level.
“It is not crazy that we have so many female idols that speak of their first -hand experience that face double standards in the sector and yet people still try to deny that there is such a double standard?”, one fan said, while another wrote“Of course female idols laughs again, they behave cute or angry, they are human. What is saying is that the expectations on them make them feel that they cannot behave in certain ways, because people are more critical of women. And if you don’t understand it, you are deliberately dense. “
Obviously female idols laugh again, they behave cute or angry, they are human. What is saying is that the expectations on them make them feel that they cannot behave in certain ways, the PPLs are more critical of women. And if you don’t understand it, you are intentionally dense
– Clary (@txmbxyuqi) February 5, 2025
In fact, feminism and misogyny have always been a focal topic in Korea, with gender inequality that shows an alarming wave.
