"Please Use Condoms" Kwak Jung-eun's Sharp Remark, Revisited Amid 'Won Jong-geon MeToo'

Broadcaster Gwak Jeong-eun / Photo by KBS Joy "Love Intervention 2"

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] As the 'Me Too controversy' surrounding Won Jong-geon (27), the second recruited talent of the Democratic Party of Korea, intensifies, a post previously shared by Gwak Jung-eun on social media is gaining renewed attention.

Broadcaster and writer Gwak Jung-eun pointed out in a post on her Instagram on the 15th, "I feel like time is flowing backward. 81.2% (withdrawal method) is a contraceptive method that cannot be called contraception. It is a time when I am no longer the owner of my body, with no respect or consideration, and moments full of lust are sometimes mistaken for love."

She added, "Wherever you are, you must be an entity that can protect yourself and assert yourself. There should be no exception just because it is on the bed. Everyone, please use condoms."

Along with this post, Gwak Jung-eun attached a graph from a study by the urology professor team at Seoul National University Hospital titled 'Changes in Contraceptive Methods Mainly Used by Korean Women Over 10 Years.'

According to the graph, women aged 20 to 59 most frequently used the 'withdrawal method' as contraception. This was the most commonly used contraceptive method from 2004 to 2014.

Won Jong-geon, the second recruited talent of the Democratic Party of Korea, is greeting after stating his position on the 'Me Too controversy' at the National Assembly Press Hall in Yeouido, Seoul on the 28th. Photo by Yonhap News

Meanwhile, on the 27th, A, the ex-girlfriend of Won Jong-geon, revealed on an online community that she was a victim of dating violence by Won.

A claimed that Won treated her like a sex toy, forcibly coerced her into sexual relations, and frequently refused to use condoms. As criticism intensified, Won returned his recruitment qualification on the 28th.