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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n	The talk delves into the MeToo movement in South Kore
 a\, where MeToo has come to signify women’s collective attempts to speak o
 ut publicly against sexual violence as a systemic abuse of power and autho
 rity. It highlights the tension over how to translate the English expressi
 on “MeToo” into Korean\, as a contested site where feminists reckoned with
  the polyvocality of MeToo in order to situate it within the legacy of Sou
 th Korean feminist activism. By examining the landmark case of the prosecu
 tor Seo Ji-hyun and other key cases\, I show how MeToo in South Korea emer
 ged as an institutional critique\, as the women who came forward articulat
 ed the link between sexual violence and gender-based discrimination within
  male-dominated organizations\, becoming whistleblowers instead of mobiliz
 ing based on shared pain and sexual victimization. Within such a formation
 \, the scope of MeToo was limited to sexual violence perpetrated by men in
  positions of power\, embedded in formal institutional structures. While t
 his focus broadly mobilized alliances that transcend gender as a language 
 of power and injustice\, it also left out the question of how gendered opp
 ression not formally inscribed within institutions nonetheless operates ac
 ross all realms of the public and private divide. Through the MeToo moveme
 nt\, women have emerged as a collective subject demanding equal recognitio
 n in the public sphere\, but the movement’s swift turn toward gender polit
 ics with emphasis on gender discrimination\, away from sexual politics\, h
 as yet to foster a nuanced discussion on the interplay between sexuality\,
  agency\, and violence.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:room #1041\, Sherbrooke  688\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3R1\, 688 
 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:From Madwomen to Whistleblowers: MeToo in South Korea as an Institu
 tional Critique 
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/eas/channels/event/madwomen-whistleblowers-metoo-
 south-korea-institutional-critique-341043
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