Do female idols get more slack´/hate for things compared to male idols?

[BetweenYourThighs]

The Sunggyu(Infinte) thread about bullying had a lot of commentaries that regarded the fact that stuff regarding male idols are easily dismissed or looked upon differently in comparison to female idols, who would've gotten hate if things unfolded in a rather similar set.

 

Do you feel like female idols are more prone to get hate than male idols? Why?

 

 

[tobe]

yup

[lyanna]

Depending on the issue but mostly yes

[Prince Ten ♚]

Yes! 

[minorus]

from what i've seen female idols get more hate for petty things like their facial expressions/clothes and all that stuff, but male idols get more hate for problematic things than girlgroups

[HARAM]

obviously because women are hated whatever they do

[sistarstan]

yes totally

[hailanal]

more hate/criticism, ya. society in general

[Hikaruaxi]

It depends but most of the time, yes.

[DC3]

Yes! 

[Seulgibear♥]

Yes

[kimchi]

More hate from issues that are big in Korea, more slack for issues that are big to the international fandom.

[V.M.]

More hate for sure.

 

Wish there was a modern day Lee Hyori, someone who just doesent give a fuck and pushes anti's buttons on purpose.

[taemiz]

hell yes

a nice example is when male idols literally tear their shirts apart on stage they get praised but when a female idol, like stellar, for example, do something sexy, they get bashed

[Nintat]

I guess it depends on what is the issue but society is general tends to be harsher towards females for some things they are lenient if males do.

In example, women get slut shamed for cheating and stuff like that and men who sleep around/cheat can be praised or people excuse shitty behavior with "boys will be boys"

[Usermon]

More hate from issues that are big in Korea, more slack for issues that are big to the international fandom.

[Tiroriii~]

The double standards for slut shaming and the witch hunt for "bad attitude" facial expressions are real, and that's something male idols don't suffer from, so from that, they get more hate.

 

The other side of the coin is they get more shielded because their fangirls default to "if it was a male idol" "but she suffers sexism" "support women no matter what" mentality which is pretty hypocritical considering these people don't want to hold girls accountable out of pity because they see them as poor helpless victims/delicate and in need of protection instead of people.

[Athena]

More hate from issues that are big in Korea, more slack for issues that are big to the international fandom.

^^

[vocalmonster]

In korea yes but I think internationally girl groups don't get as much hate as boy groups would for petty things

[Youngjeezy]

Yes, sadly they do

[Deâ„“phina]

No they don't lmao. It only feels like it because they, in general, have a wider appeal and the GP is more critical of petty stuff but when you have someone like that GsD member making plain as day xenophobic comments and not getting 10% of the criticism a male idol would get for implying they prefer a certain skin tone, it sure as fuck shows that the "Poor bullied unnir!!!1111!!1" narrative is just fallacious.

[CALICO CAT]

but thats also because the public cares more about them

 

the only people who care about boygroups are the fans of said boygroups