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“The fact that they have families and parents,� Eunsil retorted, “is why they shouldn’t do these things, not why we should forgive them.”
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

“You said don’t just think about what I’ll be giving up. I’m putting my youth, health, job, colleagues, social networks, career plans, and future on the line. No wonder all I can think about are the things I’m giving up. But what about you? What do you lose by gaining a child?”
― 82년생 김지�
― 82년생 김지�

“Her career potential and areas of interest were being limited just because she had a baby.”
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

“Jiyoung became different people from time to time. Some of them were living, others were dead, all of them women she knew. No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a joke or a prank. Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that person.”
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

“They say they neither set up those cameras nor took the pictures, they just saw some photos posted on a website everyone has access to, and we are treating them like sexual offenders. They distributed the pictures and were complicit in the crimes, but they don’t understand why that’s wrong. It blows”
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

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