The South Korean athlete has received criticism and insults in her country for not letting her hair grow

An San is one of the big stars of this year’s Olympics, and has already won three medals in the discipline of archery. She should be greeted with the honors of any other athlete her height, but in her native South Korea all eyes are on her hair.
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The young woman sports a short hairstyle, a personal decision that has raised controversy in a country where certain traditions and canons are still imposed on women.
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In fact, several fellow men insulted and reprimanded her as a result of her haircut, even demanding that she return the medals she has won at the olympic games and apologize to her people.
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Completely unacceptable attacks that, fortunately, have been clouded by the thousands of expressions of support that the athlete has received.
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Many other women with short hair have shared more than 6,000 photographs to show their rejection of the attacks An San has received, and the official website of the Korean Archery Association has been filled with more than 1000 comments from users who reproach the sexism that athletes still have to suffer today.
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Even Ryu Ho-jeong, a deputy who has also recently been criticized for wearing a dress in one of her speeches at the Congress, wanted to publicly express her support for An San: “We women get tired when the clothes of the politics or the hair of the athletes become controversial topics. In these times I have grown my hair after having it short for years simply because I want to. There is no feminist appearance because feminists live the life they want. We do not ask permission from others”, stated the policy.

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