'Even pregnant teachers made me feel HORNY:' Cheong Wa Dae official's book stirs controversy
By Lee Han-soo
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Tak Hyun-min
Cheong Wa Dae official Tak Hyun-min, who got into hot water last month over sexist remarks, is under more fire after another book he co-wrote featured similar sentiments.
In "The more I talk, the freer I become" he wrote: “I lost my virginity to a middle school student when I was in high school. She was not pretty, but it didn't matter because she was just a sex object.”
He even said he had “shared” the student with his classmates.
He also said: “Men’s sexual fantasy is always with teachers … when I was a student, I would feel horny even with pregnant teachers.’”
Opposition parties blasted Tak’s remarks as extreme sexism and demanded his resignation.
“My temper rises to see that such a man with a low level of sexual perception is employed at Cheong Wa Dae,” People’s Party spokeswoman Rep. Kim Yoo-jung said.
Even female lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) have called for Tak’s resignation.
“I think it is true that the remarks Tak made in his book went way over the line,” DPK spokeswoman Rep. Baek Hye-ryun said on radio.
She said Tak should make a decision, which was interpreted by many as asking for him to resign.
Opposition female lawmakers and a women’s group last month bombarded Tak with criticism over sexual remarks in a book he published in 2007.
"Guidebook of Men's Mind" contained phrases such as: "It's like a terror attack against men if a woman with a flat chest wears a tank top."
He apologized then on Facebook, saying his views on women have changed compared with a decade ago.