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[Preface]
What's wrong with South Korea? Masculinity is on the rise, and women are being violated repeatedly, even Olympic champions......
South Korean short track speed skating Olympic champion Shim Seok-hee was sexually assaulted by coach Cho Jae-bum at the age of 17, and this behavior lasted for four years, even on the eve of the Olympic competition.
This experience caused great psychological trauma to Shen Xixi, and also affected her personal life and career.
How is Shen Xixi now? Has Cho Jae-beom, the coach who assaulted her, been tried?
[Real-name report your own coach]
Shim Seok-hee is a very powerful female short track speed skater in South Korea, and she is even known as the "Queen of Short Track Speed Skating".
At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Shen Xixi rose to prominence, winning gold medals in the women's 500m and 1000m short track speed skating.
She also won the 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000m relay at the 2012 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary, Canada, and broke the 1,000m world record.
In addition, Shen Xixi also won the women's short track speed skating 3000m relay, 1500m second and 1000m third place at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, she won the women's short track speed skating 3000m relay with the team.
A girl full of glory, but she has already been dragged into the boundless darkness by her coach Zhao Jaefan, and she finally decided to report it with her real name because she couldn't bear it......
She accused her coach Cho Jae-beom of sexually assaulting her for four years since 2014 and beating her multiple times, while Cho Jae-beom claimed that he was improving Sim Seok-hee's standards.
After this incident was exposed, in addition to shocking the whole of South Korea, even mainland netizens felt very terrifying and incredible.
Shen Xixi bravely testified in court about Cho Jae-beom's crimes, sexually assaulted her several times between the ages of 17 and 2018, and also punched and kicked her, causing a concussion, so she asked for a heavier sentence.
[I was violated by my coach for 4 years, and I didn't let go of it on the eve of the Olympic competition]
was violated for 4 years in a row, the length of time is outrageous, you must know that Shen Xixi was only 17 years old at the time, and he was still a minor in our China, so Zhao Zaifan's behavior was no different from that of a "beast".
Shen Xixi also said that during these four years, she was not only sexually assaulted, but also beaten by Cho Jae-beom many times, and even severely beaten 20 days before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, resulting in a concussion and had to leave the team for treatment.
These acts of violence took a toll on her physical and mental health, making her want to give up her athletic career for a while.
You must know that Zhao Jae-fan is a "good gentleman" in the eyes of outsiders, he has a decent job, but he is doing the most undignified things behind his back.
In the end, the head coach of the short track speed skating team was sentenced to 10 months in prison in September 2018 for violence against a team member, and he was also transferred to the prosecution on suspicion of sexual assault and sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison in January 2021.
Mr. Shen later accused Cho of sexually assaulting her as many as 30 times from 2014 to two months before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Cho was also accused of beating other athletes, including four members of the team, including Mr. Shen Shixi, who was sentenced to one year and six months in the second trial.
Cho Jae-beom was severely punished by the law for his serious criminal behavior, and was eventually sentenced to a long prison sentence, which can be said to be deserved.
But in fact, in South Korea, Shen Xixi's case is not an exception, because of South Korea's patriarchy, the status of women is a little low......
[Korean masculinism is terrible]
South Korea's masculinity problem is indeed quite serious, and South Korea has always ranked low in the global gender equality index.
According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2023, South Korea ranks 105th on the Gender Equality Index of 0.68, showing that it is in the lower reaches of the global spectrum.
At the societal level, young women in South Korea generally experience gender discrimination, with surveys showing that 75% of women between the ages of 19 and 34 have experienced gender discrimination or prejudice at home, school, or workplace.
South Korea's masculinism is not only reflected in the oppression of women, but also in the unreasonable demands and sacrifices of men, and this double oppression makes the gender contradictions in Korean society more acute, and even triggers a fierce gender war.
It is precisely because of this prejudice that South Korean women have been repeatedly exposed to sexual assault, and there are many different cases and victim groups.
Among them is serial rapist Kim Geun-sik, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting 11 young girls, and when he was released from prison in October 2022, it caused public panic and government concern.
In December 2021, 69 foreign students sexually assaulted a Korean female middle school student more than 100 times, which shocked society and has been investigated.
In 2004, there was also a gang rape case in Miryang, South Korea, where 44 high school boys brutally sexually assaulted and physically abused multiple underage women, which is considered one of the most serious sexual crimes in South Korean history.
In July 2022, a South Korean woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted at a U.S. military base in Gunsan, sparking outrage among the South Korean public.
In June 2024, A, an employee of a hotel in Yeondong, Jeju City, South Korea, was urgently arrested by the police for sexually assaulting a Chinese female tourist, and the victim was in a drunken state.
In addition, a well-known Korean actor invited a student to his home on his birthday, and forced an 18-year-old female student to have sex with him to pay off his debts while she was drunk.
One of the most famous is the "Room N" incident, which involved clandestine filming, abuse and sexual assault, which attracted a large number of onlookers.
These incidents show that sexual assault against women in South Korea is indeed common, involving victims of different ages and backgrounds......
【Conclusion】
In the past decade, sexual assault and rape cases in South Korea have tripled, nearly 90 percent of violent crime victims are women, and frequent cases of clandestine photography, stalking of women living alone, and burglaries have also raised concerns about women's safety.
In 2017, the Korea Institute of Criminology reported that women were 2.3 times more likely to face assault than men in single groups under the age of 33.
This high risk is very unsettling for many women who live alone, and even more than 3.09 million women who live alone are worried about not being able to get help in time for emergencies at home.
And when Shen Xixi chose to stand up and report Zhao Jae-beom, who violated him, it already showed in a sense: Korean girls gradually stood up, and they began to resist and protect themselves......
Resources:
On January 26, 2021, Henan Business Daily published an article on "I have been beaten since I was 17 years old!" The Olympic champion accused the coach of sexual assault and the details were outrageous
Red Star News reported on October 11, 2020 on "South Korean short track speed skating star Shen Xixi appeared in court to testify against his former coach: he violated himself more than 30 times".