'Your Body, My Choice' X post goes viral as women report increased misogyny after election

A social media post by a far-right political pundit proclaiming: “Your body, my choice” has gone viral as women report a rise in online abuse following the presidential election.

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“Your body, my decision. Forever,” he shared, and the comment found its way into replies to women's posts on various social media platforms in recent days.

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) tracked the comments, as well as other misogynistic remarks, including “Go back to the kitchen” and “Repeal the 19th century”.^Th“and refers to the right to vote.

While the latter two appeared in some posts last month, incidents skyrocketed after November 5th. “Your Body, My Choice” went from less than 20 mentions per day to nearly 2,000.

ISD found posts from female users on TikTok that said, “I had to delete a video because I was threatened and several men made comments.” [sic] They said they couldn't wait for me to get raped or “Your body is my choice.”

Another said she woke up to men posting similar comments on her content, while another on Reddit said TikTok said the comment was not a violation of its policies.

TikTok told Newsweek that the term violates hate speech guidelines and posts containing it will be removed.

According to ISD, young girls also reported hearing the phrase at school, while 52,000 posts containing the phrase appeared on Facebook within 24 hours.

Who is Nick Fuentes?

Fuentes, 26, is a white nationalist podcaster. He is known for his long history of misogynistic and anti-Semitic comments online and hosts his own show entitled America first.

He previously branded supporters of President-elect Donald Trump as part of a cult and refused to support him this year, but in 2020 he showed his support for the Republican.

Fuentes, along with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), had dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago later in 2022.

On election night, Fuentes doubled down on his comments about women's bodies, posting, “I just want to take this opportunity to thank men for saving this country from stupid idiots who wanted to destroy the world to keep it.” Abortion.”

In a stream Thursday night, Fuentes said it was a joke but then made fun of women who cried over his comments.

How Trump secured the “bro vote.”

Fuentes' streams on the video site Rumble, which often last longer than three hours, are viewed over 100,000 times, some even more than twice as often. The topics reflect a similar trend among podcasts aimed at younger male voters who went for Trump.

The Republican appeared on various podcasts as part of his campaign, including Joe Rogan's. Part of that was influenced by his youngest son, Barron Trump, who the president-elect said told him who to talk to.

Appearances like this helped Trump appeal to younger male voters more directly than the Harris campaign could, reaching them through content creators they trust more than traditional media.

What is the 4B movement?

Amid increasing misogynistic rhetoric, some women are embracing the 4B movement, a trend that began in South Korea and involves them refraining from romantic relationships with men.

The four Bs refer to: Bihon (no marriage), Bichulsan (no childbirth), Biyeonae (no dating) and Bisekseu (no sex) and encourage women to reclaim autonomy over their bodies and reject traditional gender norms of marriage and childbearing.

They were pushed in this direction because of Trump's controversial decisions, such as taking credit for overthrowing Trump Roe v. Wadeand his personal history, which has exacerbated fears of gender inequality and violence.

“Trump’s victory lit a fire in a lot of women,” said Abby, a 27-year-old from Florida with the TikTok username @rabbitsandtea. In a video with 1.7 million likes and 9.3 million views, she shared her story of breaking up with her Republican boyfriend and officially joining the 4B movement. She chose not to reveal her last name for safety reasons as she had since received death threats online.