Tl;dw - Unlike China and Japan, medieval Korea followed an extreme school of Confucianism that emphasized hierarchy and age over practicality. After WW2, the South Korean dictatorship government used this tradition to cement their own power. The video argues that these have made South Korea an extremely hierarchical, and in particular, sexist, society. A video game’s refusal to sexualize a female character for their (mostly male) audience was thus seen as an attack on the system. A female artist at the studio was accused of being a ‘radical feminist’, and either fired or resigned to appease fans.
Edit: As Denjin pointed out, it should be Ming Dynasty and not Tang Dynasty.
Not the artist who worked on the character model, either. Just a random woman who had written some of the story, and had previously retweeted support of a movement to keep incels from secretly videotaping people in bathrooms and hotels. For this, she wa labeled a radical feminist and fired.
Oh yes, I cut some details to keep the explanation short. It was absurd as it is.
TIL about Korea rejection of Neo Confucianism in a Lemmy meme. I’m glad I went here.
So why did the release of an insufficiently sexy M&M create a storm among US TV show hosts?
It didn’t, no one really cares about that. It’s culture war propaganda to distract from real issues.
That channel has done an exceptional job toning down my distaste for some Japanese media by explaining the roots for the tropes I despise. Highly recommend.
I need an outoftheloop here.
