Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind
by yongjik on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:44PM
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Some of what you wrote is rather questionable interpretation, and some others make me wonder if your spouse left the country in 1980s and never visited Korea since.
> Korean society is high patriarchal. Domestic violence is persistent. Families are not complete until they have a son. Multiple daughters are considered a burden. Gender roles are consistently enforced.
Korea does have gender equality issues, but this is outdated info. Decades ago, it was illegal for a doctor to tell the sex of a fetus, because some people would want a son and selectively abort girls, resulting in huge sex imbalance. These days, very few people under 70 would think "a complete family needs a son" - if you say anything like that you'll be publicly ridiculed.
Telling fetus sex was made legal in 2010, because nobody gave a damn about "having a son" any more.
> Korean society is high patriarchal. Domestic violence is persistent. Families are not complete until they have a son. Multiple daughters are considered a burden. Gender roles are consistently enforced.
Korea does have gender equality issues, but this is outdated info. Decades ago, it was illegal for a doctor to tell the sex of a fetus, because some people would want a son and selectively abort girls, resulting in huge sex imbalance. These days, very few people under 70 would think "a complete family needs a son" - if you say anything like that you'll be publicly ridiculed.
Telling fetus sex was made legal in 2010, because nobody gave a damn about "having a son" any more.