Yoon Suk Yeol
Yoon Suk-yeol is a former president of Korea. While in office Yoon pushed back against institutional feminism in South Korea.
Yoon questioned the premise that Korean society is structurally biased against women in ways that justify special policies. During his rise to the presidency, he argued that feminism—particularly state-driven gender policies—had overcorrected, resulting in discrimination against men, especially young men facing intense competition in education, employment, and mandatory military service.
Yoon opposed the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which he proposed abolishing, framing it as an outdated institution that entrenched gender conflict rather than promoting fairness.
Yoon appealed to young male voters, who felt alienated by gender-based hiring, quotas, and rhetoric that labeled masculinity itself as a social problem.
Yoon emphasised “individual merit” over group-based protections, rejecting the idea that gender alone should determine policy advantages.