S. Korean women get short hairstyles to protest against growing anti-feminist movement

Kim Ah-yeon (left) and Han Ji-young are some of the participants of a campaign that encourages women to show off their short crops. -COURTESY OF KIM AH-YEON, COURTESY OF HAN JI-YOUNG

SEOUL: It has been three years since office worker Kim Ah-yeon chopped her long locks off and got a boy’s haircut. And till today, she still gets asked why she keeps her hair so short and why she chooses to be so “unfeminine”.

Walking on the streets, she sometimes gets hurled insults like “You look disgusting!” and “Why do you look like a man?”, and even gets called a witch.