Now that people are finally fessing up that nobody should expect to find female empowerment in kpop.
Ironically it was these same kind of people who were using "female empowerment" as a bludgeon against groups like APink and Twice at the height of their careers.
In case you don't remember, APink was looked down for being too "cute" and Twice for trying to appeal too much to male fans. Girl crush/non-cute concepts were equated with "female empowerment" and hence they were pushed as automatically superior. While positioning APink and Twice as the opposite of empowerment and hence deserving of hate.
Are kpop fans finally maturing?