'Real Men' PD apologizes for sexual harassment comments

Article: 'Real Men' PD formally apologizes for sexual harassment comments, "Producer's fault for editing negligence, we apologize to viewers who felt uncomfortable"

Source: Newsen via Nate

The cast made comments about a sergeant's behind and how nicely toned up it was, "His butt was up higher than my head, all I could see was his butt". There was also a scene with a close up of his butt and fire effects around the screen to emphasize it.

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1. [+656, -17] Don't do to males what you wouldn't do to females

2. [+466, -20] It's because people are hypocritical in that men going shirtless is praised for 'nipple parties' while women showing skin is called cheap and sl*tty. That's why the producer probably didn't realize how wrong it was to leave that part in for the show. Imagine if all the male soldiers gathered and made comments about a woman's chest or butt like that, netizens would've exploded after the episode aired.

3. [+403, -19] If the same comments had been made to a female soldier, people would be making a bigger deal out of it. All of our TV shows make light of comments towards men that should be considered sexual harassment. People just don't have a clue.

4. [+30, -1] It's because the PD's a woman... no wonder she left it in.

5. [+26, -0] This wouldn't have ended in a mere apology if a male celebrity had made comments like, "All I could stare at was the female sergeant's thighs" or "Her chest was up higher than my head, all I could see was her chest". The hypocrisy is real.

6. [+26, -2] Maybe it's because the PD is a woman but the editing made several comments about the male soldier's body to be something funny when it shouldn't be. Imagine if all those comments were made by men about a woman? Would it still be a funny joke? tsk tsk tsk

7. [+25, -1] It just shows how Korean women have no clue about issues like this. They'll be up in arms about men commenting about women's bodies but then do the same thing back about men's bodies like it's no big deal.

8. [+21, -0] This scene made me uncomfortable as well even though I'm a woman myself. If a man had made the same comments about a woman, people would be angrier than this. I don't know why scenes like this are still allowed on broadcast unfiltered. Does sexual harassment only count if it's towards a woman?;;

9. [+16, -2] Whatever, not like men have any rights in this country anyway ㅠ

10. [+16, -2] If a man had made those comments, people would be calling for him to be taken off the show

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Source: Naver

1. [+5,592, -125] If a male member had talked about a female sergeant's butt or chest like that, he would've 100% been exiled from the industry ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+3,806, -216] The sergeant must've felt so embarrassed...

3. [+2,583, -146] I had a feeling this controversy would erupt after watching the episode yesterday

4. [+2,187, -146] It honestly did make me feel uncomfortable

5. [+706, -34] That man enlisted to protect his country only to be made the butt of sexual jokes by women who's being paid to go camping at his division ㅋㅋ

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