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The Pixel Project, a nonprofit committed to ending violence against women, has removed Kim Nam-Joon (RM) of BTS from their list of male role models over his photo with Chris Brown.

In 2024, we included Kim Nam-Joon – better known as RM, the leader of BTS, the biggest boy band in the world – in our 5th honour roll of 16 male role models helping to stop violence against women. We did so in good faith after conducting due diligence which showed that he had taken steps over the years to address his own internalised misogyny, support women in the arts, and speak out about violence against women in intensely patriarchal South Korea.

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