"When she asked him to be careful, he turned to her, saying, I'm angry to my bones right now, so don't touch me. The situation escalated. When On tried to call for help, he seized her phone and threw it in the store's microwave. She tried to stop him and he grabbed her by the collar and arms, dragging her several metres while slamming her into display shelves."
"When the police arrived, he announced he was part of a men's rights group and called for male officers to handcuff him. He later admitted he had singled out On because of her short hair. Before this, I had only the most basic understanding of feminism the kind any woman might naturally have, says On, an aspiring author who uses a pen name. We meet on a sunny afternoon in a coffee shop in Jinju, where she still lives, just blocks from the shop."
On Ji-goo, a convenience-store worker in Jinju, was attacked in November 2023 by a young man who aggressively knocked items off shelves. He seized and destroyed her phone, dragged her by the collar and arms, and slammed her into display shelves while declaring that feminists deserve to be beaten. An older male customer who intervened was also targeted. The attacker identified with a men's rights group and said he had singled her out because of her short hair. The assault caused permanent hearing loss and severe trauma. The perpetrator received a three-year prison sentence after an appeals court recognised misogyny as the motive.
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