Professor faces discipline over remark that women make money through pros...

An online post uploaded on university community app Everytime in November 2025 claims that a professor in Daejeon said ″eight out of 10 women in Korea make money through prostitution.″ [SCREEN CAPTURE]

A professor at a private university in Daejeon is facing disciplinary action after students reported that the educator said "eight out of 10 women in Korea are making money through prostitution" during a lecture.

An online post, initially uploaded last November through the online university community service Everytime, went viral on Monday, claiming that the professor made numerous insulting and sexually inappropriate remarks to students during lectures.

Students later conducted their own survey of statements by the professor after multiple testimonies emerged claiming that frequently demeaning remarks were made.

According to the survey, the professor allegedly made comments such as, “Female students could resort to prostitution if they get desperate,” “If Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University students are A+, then you are at a C level,” “You guys already have the sorrow of graduating from a regional university and you don’t even have any level of decency” and “You look like a bunch of sons of bitches. I wish I could burn your mouths with cigarette butts and smash your heads" while pointing at students smoking in front of a building.

Students compiled the survey results and audio recordings before filing complaints with the university and the National Human Rights Commission of Korea in December of last year. The university also convened a faculty ethics committee and requested severe disciplinary action following deliberations. A disciplinary committee hearing is currently underway.

The professor is still teaching remotely during the current semester, however, as disciplinary procedures have not yet been completed.

"The professor will be notified of a decision by the university's disciplinary committee soon,” a university official said to Yonhap News on Monday. “Since the disciplinary outcome has not yet been finalized, we could not completely prohibit the professor from teaching, so classes have been conducted remotely.”

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.