As young men have swung right, joining 4B for some is a way to take back power after feeling wronged or abandoned by the men in their lives, those who voted for a sexual abuser.

The 4B movement, from South Korea, calls for women to not date, marry, sleep with, or have children with men. Women are calling for the movement to take off in the US after Donald Trump won the election.

After President-elect Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day, online search trends reveal a surge of interest in a new movement in the United States. The 4B movement, which aims to “decenter men” from women’s lives,

She is one of several American women who now say they are going to abstain from dating, marrying, having sex with, and bearing children for men as a form of political protest. The term 4B refers to a feminist movement that started in South Korea which espouses these principals.

Find out what the South Korean 4B movement is and why U.S. women are joining it following Trump's presidential election win.

Following Trump's re-election, some women are bringing South Korea's 4B movement to the U.S. as a form of political protest.

The 4B movement originated in South Korea in the 2010s, at around the same time the #MeToo movement took hold in the United States. In Korean, “B” is shorthand for the word bi, meaning “no.” The four “Bs” are bisekseu (no sex with men), bichulsan (no giving birth), biyeonae (no dating men), and bihon (no marrying men), per The Cut.

Young liberal women across TikTok and Instagram are discussing and sharing information about the South Korean feminist movement, in which straight women refuse to marry, have children, date or have sex with men.

Feminist activists in Korea say they're excited for Western women to join up — but they should know why the movement had to exist in the first place