For any women looking at the radical feminist 4B or 6B4T movements and wondering how to commit, here are the tenants:
4B stands for:
1. no sex with biological men (비섹스; bisekseu)
2. no giving birth (비출산; bichulsan)
3. no dating men (비연애; biyeonae)
4. no marriage with men (비혼; bihon)
To add the tenants of 6B4T, you must also commit to:
5. no purchase of sexist products (비소비; bisobi)
6. fully supporting other single women who are practicing and committed to the movement (비돕비; bidopbi)
And fully reject:
1. strict beauty standards (탈코르셋; talkoreuset)
2. hyper-sexual depictions of women (탈오타쿠; tarotaku)
3. religion (탈종교; taljonggyo)
4. idol culture (탈아이돌; taraidol)
My wish and my hope is that many more American libfems will genuinely join us radfems in committing to the 6B4T or 4B movements.
However, please don’t just toss these terms out indiscriminately. These movements stand for very specific protest behaviors and commitments.
(And perhaps this movement is not for you, that’s okay! It’s a big commitment and perhaps you’re not ready. Radicalization is a process and not everyone is at the same place. So, no judgement!)
But please, please my libfem sisters, don’t pretend to be 4B or 6B4T without a true intention and desire to commit. It won’t help the movement, and you’ll just harm genuine efforts both locally and globally.
