Gender inequality and the global #MeToo movement have fueled โ€œEscape the Corset,โ€ a campaign to cast off the countryโ€™s rigid beauty standards.

Inspired in part by the global #MeToo movement, which has shaken up politics and society in South Koreaโ€™s deeply patriarchal culture, the women are challenging long-accepted attitudes about plastic surgery and cosmetics in one of the worldโ€™s most beauty-obsessed capitals.

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