Han Chi-hwan (; born October 28, 1984) is a South Korean

human rights activist A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists, environmentalists, whistleblowers, trade unionists, lawyers, teachers, housing campai ...

and

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of ...

activist, liberalist, and

masculism Masculism or masculinism may variously refer to ideologies and socio-political movements that seek to eliminate sexism against men, equalize their rights with women, and increase adherence to or promotion of attributes regarded as typical of men ...

activist. He is one of South Korea's anti-feminists. He is one of the commentators opposing the "abolition of military bonus points" (군 가산점, 軍加算點) and woman's gender quota systems (여성 할당제, 女性割當制) in South Korea, along with

Sung Jae-ki Sung Jae-gi ( ; September 11, 1967 – July 26, 2013) was a South Korean men's rights activist and anti-feminist. Sung founded and was the first chairman of Man of Korea, a men's rights group advocating the abolition of the Ministry of ...

and Chung Chae-ki.

Life

Han Chi-hwan was born in Mokdong in Seoul. During his early years, Han was an internet netizen engaged in columnist activity. In the 2000s he was an anti-feminist and fought discrimination based on sex with

, Chung Chae-ki and Kim Jae-kyong. He also opposed

radical feminism Radical feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a Political radicalism, radical re-ordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts, while recognizing that women's experiences are al ...

and

female chauvinism Chauvinism is the unreasonable belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people, who are seen as strong and virtuous, while others are considered weak, unworthy, or inferior. It can be described as a form of extreme patriotism ...

. In 1999, he was opposed to the abolition of military bonus points. "남성만 징병하는 건 가부장제 산물 여성도 병역의무 져야 하는 건 당연"
조선일보 2009.07.25 He argued that woman are able to perform military service. "Denied women's military service" is "gender discrimination" in his eyes. In 2003, he was joint and appointed to the club of military service Gender equality (남녀공동 병역의무 추진위원회).
경기여성웹진 우리 (2007,11月-통권83호) but he left one year later. In 2004, he was engaged in ideological study and became a successor of Chung Chae-ki. In the early 2000s he opposed the movement to form a "woman's gender quota system" (여성 가산점) in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Han was said to more repeatedly point out, women have equal abilities and conditions like men have and develop the same abilities when educated. In 2004 to January 2005, he was favouring abolition of the

hoju ''Hoju'' is a family register system in North Korea and formerly in South Korea. ''Hoju'' () means the "head of the family" or "head of the household", ''Hojuje'' () is the "head of the family" system, and ''Hojeok'' (; McCune–Reischauer roman ...

system, because he regarded it a vestige of Korean patriarchy.

Books

* "Feminism for the Masculism and Men's Rights Movements" (페미니즘에 대한 남성학과 남성운동; 2007)

References

Sources

이젠 남성학에 대해 이야기할 차례다
세계일보 2007.07.13

덕성여대신문 2010.01.05

조선일보 2007.07.17

/nowiki> 남성들이 보내는 편지] 경향신문 2007-07-12
남성권익운동, 필요惡 논란만 키웠다
아시아경제 2013.07.31

/nowiki> 시간과 인력을 낭비한 절름발이 여론조사 – 한지환(법학ㆍ2)] 숭실대학교 학보 81호2008년 10월 14일자

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지환이의 서재

/nowiki> "남성만 징병하는 건 가부장제 산물 여성도 병역의무 져야 하는 건 당연"] 조선일보 2009.07.25
남자들은 모른다고? 여자들이 모르는 것도 많아!
조선일보 2007.07.17

경기여성웹진 우리 (2007,11月-통권83호) {{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Chi-hwan 1984 births Men and masculinities scholars People from Seoul Masculists Living people Men's rights activists Male critics of feminism South Korean anti-feminists

Life

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