Women “Why are you applying to entertainment bars for sexual exploitation?” Versus “We Are Victims Too” Business Owners

Entry 2020.09.23 11:30 | Revision 2020.09.23 11:44

Controversy continues over including entertainment pubs as targets for disaster grants. Women and others object that it is inappropriate to provide disaster grants to entertainment establishments where sexual exploitation can occur, but business owners are in a position to receive grants as long as they adhere to quarantine guidelines.

On the 22nd, the National Assembly passed the fourth supplemental budget bill and included entertainment bars and Collatec as targets to receive 2 million won for the ‘New Hope Fund’, a kind of disaster relief fund. It can be interpreted that taking into account the issue of equity it was raised because entertainment bars, etc., suffered losses from being unable to operate in accordance with government quarantine measures, and Danran bars, a similar business category without service customer, were included in the support objective.

Public opinion is negative. In the online community for women, there are articles such as “Does it make sense to provide tax support for crimes such as sexual exploitation?” Keep going.

Women’s organizations also protested. On the 22nd, when news of support for entertainment bars broke, the Federation of Korean Women’s Associations, a group of women’s organizations, under the joint name of 19 organizations, entitled ‘The National Assembly should immediately withdraw the decision to support entertainment bars, a hotbed of corrupt entertainment, sex discrimination and sexual exploitation. ‘ Made a statement.

Women’s organizations said: “The National Assembly, which is responsible for neglecting sexual exploitation, sexual crimes and the entertainment and entertainment of corrupt groups that occur daily in entertainment establishments, is seeing the attention of bars entertainment in a situation of national disaster “. “You must withdraw the anachronistic and anti-human decisions you make immediately.”

“(The entertainment establishment) is a sex discrimination and anti-human rights establishment that puts only women as entertainment receptionists on behalf of business and entertainment, and turns women who are ‘entertainment workers’ into instruments “. Are you saying you want to cheer them up? ”

Criticism has also emerged from the political world. On this day, Democratic Party legislator Kwon In-sook posted a Facebook post titled ‘6 Million Room Lounge Hospitality, No Organizational Culture Improvements’ and said: and private companies, education for the prevention of sexual violence and gender awareness is emphasized. At this point, the number of 6 million people in the classroom for 3 months overshadows the proposal that the organizational culture should change “.

The establishments welcome the government’s supportive policy. This is because the government recommended suspension of the operation of the indoor sports facilities and entertainment facilities in March, and since April, the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued an order to ban the group, impeding normal business operations. for more than six months. When they were excluded from the supplemental budget announced by the government for the crown victims on the 10th, they raised the issue of fairness with other industries and protested.

“67.8% of entertainment pubs in Seoul are small businesses less than 30 pyeong in size,” said Wonbong Choi, secretary general of the Korea Entertainment Association, where entertainment bars and Collate are affiliated. The government’s disaster support payment means meeting “Danbi in a drought”.

Secretary-General Choi drew a line on the controversy over sexual exploitation, saying: “I know well what women’s organizations criticize, but acts like sexual exploitation are stories of some great entertainment bars.” “These days, more than 50% of business owners are women and most work within the limits of the law,” he said. “It’s a shame that people don’t even treat people who struggle to eat and live with false perceptions.”