Yoon Suh-in's "Girls' Generation" cartoon, "sexual harassment" ruckus

[hypocritical.livejournal.com]

Webtoon artist Yoon Suh-in's Girls' Generation-related cartoon has fallen under controversy.

Last February, Yoon Suh-in uploaded a cartoon titled "Ladies' Generation's Past" on an internet portal site.

This cartoon depicts the scantily clad members of Girls' Generation in their 'past' look and another where they greet the New Year by pounding rice cakes. On one side are the strange comments, "I want to go to the commissioners.." (tn: incomplete) and "Oh... this is good too..."

After seeing this, the Girls' Generation fans left attacks and disparaging remarks such as "He sexually harassed Girls' Generation" and "It's too shameful to look at." Especially in the 'past' look, they considered the poses of the members and Yuri's expression (in the middle of the group) overt cases of sexual harassment.

Yoon also drew a cartoon where the subject was Girls' Generation. At that time, he called members Yoona, Yuri, and Sooyoung "The Pretty 3" and revealed that "At first, Yoona caught my eye, then I started to see Yuri sometimes, and lately it's Sooyoung." Also, the remaining members were called "The Nobody 5" and eventually drew the last member with a simple dot, gaining criticism.

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Translations, from left to right, top to bottom.
(Th-this is a little...)
(It makes me want to take the manor examinations...) (tn: They were the nationwide examinations to test knowledge and skill in the old Goryuh and Josun days. They were really difficult, and you can look it up if you want to know more. 장원급제 : jang won geup jae)
"I want to go to the commissioners.." (tn: incomplete)
A photo of Ladies' Generation greeting the New Year by all pounding rice cakes together
"Oh... this is good too..."
"From the New Year, looks like there's no information"
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Source: Sports.Khan
translated by hypocritical

The OP will refrain from personal comments. ♥
I didn't feel the cartoon had to be lj-cut, but if anyone feels otherwise, I will?

Helpful note taken from somewhere: "pounding rice cakes" is a euphemism for having sex.

Comments

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

This guy needs to diaf lol.

[mizaya.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[robileczuya.livejournal.com]

Something's wrong with him. Really.

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

not surprised..

I noticed that there are a lot of 'sexual' drawings of SNSD.

lol pervy much?

(says someone who writes smut.)

whatever xD

[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com)

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

LMAO Oh Onch.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I wonder what Korea thinks about HP porn drawings?

[mizaya.livejournal.com]

Can somebody please explain to me what this cartoon is supposed to mean? D:

I read the article, but... idgi? I feel so stupid now, lol.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

That they use sex to get where they are instead of brains?

[love-etcetera.livejournal.com]

I totally don't get this picture.

[mizaya.livejournal.com]

nfsjkdnf THIS. I thought I was the only one. ;__;

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Between this and Taecyeon's cats the art tag is seeing some action.

So pounding rice cakes is slang for sex? I learn something new every day :O

[lovegraciie.livejournal.com]

So pounding rice cakes is slang for sex? I learn something new every day :O

me too.

[crushandlove.livejournal.com]

Wth, what a bastard.

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

It may be "sexist" but it is not "sexual harassment".

[ryoflame.livejournal.com]

This SFM.

[miduhyo.livejournal.com]

this dude is never not being an offensive misogynist.

[scrambledtoast.livejournal.com]

WHAT.

[pandatablo.livejournal.com]

this kinda seems ... I mean it's not that bad . sexual harassment come on !!! I was expecting nudity , animals stuff like that . they're not even naked ...

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

me too xD

[hypocritical.livejournal.com]

I take it back.

I can't stop laughing.

[aloakley.livejournal.com]

after reading some of the comments above i feel bad that the drawings made me laugh.

[hypocritical.livejournal.com]

Minus the feeling bad part, ditto.

[angelonair.livejournal.com]

I'm going to start saying "pounding rice cakes" from now on.

[freed-misery.livejournal.com]

Me too. It has a certain.. ring to it.

[28a.livejournal.com]

LOL

[miyumiyuxxx.livejournal.com]

he seems like a perv to me. perv and stan?

[gummylovesme.livejournal.com]

The other girls being labeled as the Nobody 5 (and actually it should be 6) bothered me more than the drawings. Just shows how not a lot of people really value SNSD's talent.

[x-urbia.livejournal.com]

To be fairly honest, I like SNSD and their personalities and as a group, they're good performers but technically, I don't think they are very talented.

I love Taeyeon/Jessica's vocals and Hyeyeon is a fantastic dancer but there's not enough screen time to showcase any other individual talent.

I also dislike the whole aegyo/sex kitten thing they do sometimes but I don't think the girls have control of that.

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

Is that a cartoon of them taking the national exam and pounding rice cakes? Is this some form of art commentary about using sexuality to further one's career? Um. Because kind of has a point. With the leg-baring and revealing costumes, and all, I kind of expected worse. Totally not saying that SNSD is brainless/talentless, but sexy is part of their concept, and it's part of why they sell, so I don't think this is a low blow? (Much less sexual harassment.) You're welcome to enlighten me if I interpreted that incorrectly.

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

Okay. I totally missed the Nobody 5 part. Okay, that one was low.

[marochi-x.livejournal.com]

Brb pounding rice cakes in Cooking Mama~

[miyumiyuxxx.livejournal.com]

lol that's what i thought of first too!

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

sorry I lol'd

pounding rice cakes

[lotsoflov-e.livejournal.com]

just as good as ring ding dong