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12:46 AM
> The term "swish of skirt" is often used in Korean to describe women acting in a way seen as overly aggressive.
@Theta30 It is not a term commonly used in English.
The swish is presumably the sound her skirt makes when it moves or flaps rapidly.
As to why the Koreans would use this expression, I have no idea.
 
:)
thanks
 
Silly Koreans!
 
it's silly
but not sexist i think
 
Why not?
It seems to be meant to disparage the Korean PM for being a woman?
 
you're right actually
what if i ask in ELL, you answer and I accept your answer?
i didnt want to ask first because i thought its a bad ohrase
 
12:56 AM
Ehm.
Why would you do that?
If I were you, I'd accept it as some typically Korean phrase.
I don't think there is anything more to it.
But of course you are free to do whatever you please!
 
 
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Anonymous
3:26 AM
From http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-criticizes-skorea-prezs-swish-skirt-044919781.html

The term "swish of skirt" is often used in Korean to describe women acting in a way seen as overly aggressive, such as housewives trying to micromanage all aspects of their children's educations.

Moon Mee-kyung, an analyst at the government-affiliated Korean Women's Development Institute in Seoul, called the North's use of the term an insult against South Korea and all women.

"We don't say a 'swish of pants' when describing men. The term disparages women as a group," she said.
 
@snailplane The exact same phrase.
I don't remember where my quotation came from, but the same source must have been in play.
 
@Cerberus what is interesting about this is that we are all judging the sexism of the -translation-. Even so, it is sexist in whatever language.
 
@Mitch How am I judging the sexism of the translation?
The exact words are all but meaningless too me. I cannot judge them.
 
@Cerberus Did the North Korean speaker of those words use ENglish originally or Korean? I would expect Korean.
 
Yes.
 
3:38 AM
@Cerberus If only we could refer to comments in the other room back and forth.
shoot, didn't work.
 
:8505528 Hmm I'm afraid you're right.
 
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Good night!
 
 
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