tvN's "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" Get Sanctions From Korea Communications Standards Commission
tvN and Netflix's original series "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" received sanctions for the violations for using slander, genitalization, and justifying sexual harassment.
On August 26, a meeting was conducted by Korea Communications Standards Commission's broadcasting review subcommittee (Chairman Heo Mi Sook) and announced that "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" complaints were submitted to the plenary session. It contains concerns of the drama that will be sanctioned - male genitalization, justification of sexual harassament, and verbal abuse.
The resolution from the Commission stated as follows: "Selected scenes in question being considered is an expression to highlight characters in the drama content has probably centered on the libido on non-sexual objects that symbolize the sex organs and justify sexual abuse. It shows the lack of gender sensitivity of the production staff. There are scenes with excessive verbal abuse that are used in the drama that is broadcast during the youth viewing protection time which has led to court sanctions."
Should the sanctions be considered severe upon the broadcasting review committee there will be penalties or judicial punishments. This will be decided in the plenary session of all the members of the review committee after subcommittee's recommendation.
In addition, with the degree of the violation the network will also get fines, legal sanction or demerits with its broadcasting evaluation conducted yearly by the Korea Communication Commission.
Ewarly in June the commission received 50 formal complaints relating about sexual harassment. The show received unfavorable criticism which led to the KSCS office.
This was in relation to episode 3 of "Its Okay To Not Be Okay" wherein the scene took place when Ko Mon Young gets inside the male dressing room and Moon Gang Tae with no upper clothes. He was changing uniforms as his shift ended. Mon Young reaches out and touches his well-defined abs and he was surprised as he quickly puts a stop to it.
In another scene, Mon Young expresses in her lines that she wishes to sleep with Sang Tae. Such scenes had been the cause of some discussions in the social media which for others was a sign of sexual harassment by making it the subject of humuor by the show.
Other viewers find the segments to be justifiable since the characters like Mon Young have issues in regards to her personality disorder.
The network and the production of tvN "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" have not yet responded to their side of the details from KSCS.
