By Kim Bo-eun
Attention is growing over a case in which a man murdered a female owner of a waxing parlor last month. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted the man surnamed Bae, 30, on charges of murder, robbery and attempted rape on Monday.
The man visited the parlor on July 5, posing as a customer. After getting waxing treatment, he threatened the owner with a weapon, demanding money and attempting to rape her and then stabbed her to death.
The suspect, who reportedly had 6 million ($5,300) won in debt, stole the shop owner's debit card after stabbing her.
Prosecutors said the man testified to plotting the murder after watching a Youtube video taken at the parlor.
A male Youtube broadcaster in March posted the video he filmed while getting waxing treatment there.
In the video, the broadcaster mentioned the female owner ran the parlor by herself in a quiet residential area in southern Seoul.
According to reports, he also commented on the shop owner's beauty and that he was sexually aroused by the waxing treatment, which women's groups are claiming sexually objectified the shop owner.
After a controversy arose, the broadcaster apologized for "unintentionally exposing the vulnerable circumstances of the shop owner " and deleted the clip.
Feminist groups are claiming that the incident was based on misogyny, which is defined as "dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women."
They will hold a protest at Gangnam Station in southern Seoul, Sunday, to publicize the case as a"misogyny-based murder."
Gangnam Station has become a symbol of women's movements against misogyny. Protests have been held there, after a woman was murdered in a bathroom of a building nearby the station for no apparent reason in May last year.
Organizers of the upcoming rally have created an online community on the portal site Daum to promote the protest.
"Once again, a person was murdered simply for being female. We cannot sit and watch these misogyny-based crimes occur," they posted.
"We must take issue with the status-quo, in which people refuse to recognize these crimes as being based on misogyny."
Netizens have created the hashtag "waxingshopmisogynymurder" in Korean on social media.
Attention is growing over a case in which a man murdered a female owner of a waxing parlor last month. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted the man surnamed Bae, 30, on charges of murder, robbery and attempted rape on Monday.
The man visited the parlor on July 5, posing as a customer. After getting waxing treatment, he threatened the owner with a weapon, demanding money and attempting to rape her and then stabbed her to death.
The suspect, who reportedly had 6 million ($5,300) won in debt, stole the shop owner's debit card after stabbing her.
Prosecutors said the man testified to plotting the murder after watching a Youtube video taken at the parlor.
A male Youtube broadcaster in March posted the video he filmed while getting waxing treatment there.
In the video, the broadcaster mentioned the female owner ran the parlor by herself in a quiet residential area in southern Seoul.
According to reports, he also commented on the shop owner's beauty and that he was sexually aroused by the waxing treatment, which women's groups are claiming sexually objectified the shop owner.
After a controversy arose, the broadcaster apologized for "unintentionally exposing the vulnerable circumstances of the shop owner " and deleted the clip.
Feminist groups are claiming that the incident was based on misogyny, which is defined as "dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women."
They will hold a protest at Gangnam Station in southern Seoul, Sunday, to publicize the case as a"misogyny-based murder."
Gangnam Station has become a symbol of women's movements against misogyny. Protests have been held there, after a woman was murdered in a bathroom of a building nearby the station for no apparent reason in May last year.
Organizers of the upcoming rally have created an online community on the portal site Daum to promote the protest.
"Once again, a person was murdered simply for being female. We cannot sit and watch these misogyny-based crimes occur," they posted.
"We must take issue with the status-quo, in which people refuse to recognize these crimes as being based on misogyny."
Netizens have created the hashtag "waxingshopmisogynymurder" in Korean on social media.
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