“The woman goes back to the kitchen”… The U.S. has seen a 4,600% increase in expressions of misogyny online.

Increased by 4600% in one day immediately after the presidential election.
Victims of misogyny continue to spread even offline
‘Your body is my choice’… Even threats of sexual assault
“Men’s Community Emboldened by Trump’s Victory”

Former US President Donald Trump campaigning in North Carolina. AP Yonhap News

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It has been found that expressions of misogyny online have increased rapidly since former President Donald Trump was elected in the US presidential election.

According to the US think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) on the 8th (local time), expressions of misogyny increased explosively on online platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok in the 24 hours immediately following the US presidential election on the 5th.

In Insults degrading women aimed at Vice President Kamala Harris were also mentioned more than 64,000 times on the day of the presidential election alone. Even the number of phrases calling for the abolition of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women’s suffrage, increased by 663% compared to the previous week.

‘Your body, my choice’ is a reversal and mockery of the slogan used by Vice President Harris during the election process to emphasize women’s right to self-determination (‘My body, my choice’), and even implies a threat of sexual assault. ‘Back to the kitchen’ contains a mockery of forcing traditional gender roles and limiting women’s positions within the home.

Nick Fuentes is gaining notoriety as a far-right political commentator. AP Yonhap News

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The media cited American far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes as the cause of the surge in misogynistic expressions. ‘Your body, my choice. His On Facebook, the phrase ‘Your body, my choice’ has been trending, which shows popular keywords, and on TikTok, there have been numerous cases of comments with this phrase written on female user accounts.

Harassment of women has not only stopped online, but has also evolved into a criminal threat against women in real life. One parent said on Facebook that her daughter was told “your body, my choice” three times on college campus. One Reddit user also wrote that they were told to “go back where you belong” by a group of men dressed as MAGA (Make America Great Again) on campus.

The media analyzed this phenomenon as the effect of influencers who are mainly active in male-centered or misogynistic online communities becoming more emboldened by interpreting President-elect Donald Trump’s victory as a victory for demands for reproductive rights and gender equality. The media said, “(The male-dominated community) appears to be using the election results as a kind of permission structure to more explicitly and aggressively assert the narrative about restrictions on women’s rights.”

Meanwhile, hate targeting not only women but also black people is rapidly increasing. According to foreign media such as CNN, starting on the 6th, the day after the presidential election, an unspecified number of black people in about 20 states, including New York, California, Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, were asked, “You have been selected to pick cotton at a nearby plantation. At 8 a.m. sharp. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began an investigation after receiving a cell phone text message saying, “Please gather your belongings and prepare by then.” A plantation refers to a large-scale farm where black slaves traded on the market worked from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

Intern reporter Seo Ji-young zo2zo2zo2@asiae.co.kr

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