A hyperreal role-play skit by comedian Kang Yu-mi has gone viral on YouTube, touching off an emotional debate over pervasive gender bias and internalized misogynistic attitudes in Korean society. On Jan. 1, Kang uploaded a video titled “Middle-aged nammisae” to her YouTube channel, portraying a well-off, image-conscious mother obsessively devoted to her son and notably indulgent toward men. Nammisae is a derogatory Korean slang term, shortened from a phrase meaning someone “crazy about men.” Wearing luxury labels from head to toe, the character lavishes attention on male colleagues with mock concern — “Why are you dressed so lightly? You’ll catch a cold” — while harshly judging female co-workers as “fake innocents” and “girls who flirt with their eyes.” The character’s doting attitude toward her son and reproduction of patriarchal norms in the office have drawn criticism, with lines like “Girls are too emotional” and “If a girl hits you, hit her back” cited as normalizing gender stereotypes and trivializing male violence. Since her 2004 debut on a popu