at mental rehabilitation service institutions are extremely limited, while cooperation between
experts required to ensure the continuity of care is in short supply.
In response, we proposed to create a crisis intervention service system guaranteeing the
continuity of care, to reinforce programs to help people with mental disabilities discharged
from hospitals live independently in local communities, to guarantee their right to select
their residence, to develop measures to elevate the cooperation of experts to new heights,
and to reform the healthcare system to facilitate non-medical rehabilitation services in local
communities.
G. Conducting the Factual Survey on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence,
and Hostility against Women Online
On March 12, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women recommended that the Korean government step up measures to prevent sexual
violence online; come up with legal provisions that criminalize new types of violence against
women, such as the imposition of considerably heavy financial penalties on online platforms
and individuals for failing to delete or block offensive or illegal content; and have Korea
Communications Commission rapidly implement the state party's plan to delete and block
offensive or illegal content upon request by the victims, etc.
We selected four online communities infamous for producing discriminatory and violent
remarks and remarks resembling hate speech and analyzed posts on the most active bulletin
board of each community. According to our analysis, misogynistic remarks were most
frequently found in posts about the murder of a woman near Gangnam Subway Station, the
#Me Too movement, and hidden camera incidents. A multitude of contemptuous and insulting
remarks about appearances were also identified.
We conducted an online survey of 600 women in their 20s to 40s to grasp the extent of sexual
harassment, sexual violence, and misogynistic remarks online. More than half of the respondents
answered that gender equality is less respected online than offline, that communication problems
exist between men and women, and that women are isolated online. Also, they answered that
the digital world appears more authoritative than offline and that women's autonomy is not as
respected online as offline. Most of the respondents were found to believe that sexual harassment
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