After aespa, minor girls IVE victim of misogynist joke at uni festival, fans say 'ban grown men'
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: It is university festival season in South Korea and we have been getting some iconic performances by the likes of PSY, Winner, (G)I-DLE and more K-pop acts. Many were impressed with the general public's love for new girl groups as evident with the huge crowd that IVE, Le Sserafim, aespa and NewJeans attracted. But the debate of whether K-pop should allow minor girls to debut has again popped up after students and hosts misbehaved.
We first had male students groping aespa and making misogynist remarks at a university festival that had fans angry. And now, a few months later, we have a similar situation as the hosts of a recent university festival joked that they would be selling the water bottles that IVE had used. With half of the IVE members being under 18, fans found the joke disgusting. On top of it, many think it wasn't a joke as a fan who was present, claimed that she heard someone say that they could sell a water bottle used by Wonyoung for 50k won ($35).
