Post 11: Men and Girl Idols

To k-pop fans like us k-pop has always been perfect; however, k-pop have dark sides as well. Men have fantasies, we cannot stop them from that. However, some men goes overboard and tend to disrespect women because of that. In the girl idols' case, they often get disturbing feed backs from men (fans or not).

An article by Dana entitled Open World Entertainment And The Ugly Side of K-pop on http://seoulbeats.com/2012/04/open-world-entertainment-and-the-ugly-side-of-kpop/ said that "K-pop fans in particular have sadly been largely desensitized to issues involving the inappropriate sexualization of the female form, and the pervasive influence of so-called "uncle fans" in driving the market for girl groups is hardly shocking and indeed expected".

Jang Seok Woo

I didn't want to keep my fellow k-pop fans innocent, men ranging from fans up to the CEO's of k-pop entertainment agencies had reportedly harassed some female idols and trainees. Jang Seok Woo, the CEO of Open World Entertainment had been reportedly harassed female trainees, he even coerced some male idols from his agency in abusing them; however, even when caught, the said CEO denied all the charges against him. Another case of sexually harassment had made Boys Over Flower actress Jang Ja Yeon commit suicide. A report stated that her management forced her to have sex with numbers of higher ups in the industries.

Jang Je Yeon

These sexually harassment reports made another stereotype of male k-pop fans. People said that male fans liked k-pop only because of the body and beauty of the girl idols. I even see some men leaving embarrassing and disturbing comments on the pictures or posters of female idols. It may be true but, I still believe that a true man and k-pop fan still respects his idol (despite some of their fantasies). I believe that true fans are not the same as those perverted people, so other people have no right to brand names to a fan.