How South Korean TV took over the world

Re:How South Korean TV took over the world by schleck8 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:03AM (#29793538)

I think it needs to be differentiated between households and the general atmosphere. Family-wise there isn‘t big of a difference to the US etc in terms of treatment.

As for society though, South Korea is one of the least gender equal societies amongst developed nations [1].

Korea also has one of the highest rates of voyeurism, there is teams deployed by the city to check public toilets for spy cams with infrared lights [2][3]

And then you have repeated scandals like nth room, a bizarre modern-day sex slavery operation with hundreds of thousands of customers which made the me too movement a bigger thing.

And (I can‘t say whether this is accurate though) apparently there is a growing anti-feminism sentiment like in many countries, where especially younger men label feminists as men haters, and get in turn mocked with certain hand gestures.

So pretty heated to say the least

[1] https://www.economist.com/business/2021/03/05/is-the-lot-of-...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-women-rights-idUS...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molka

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Re:How South Korean TV took over the world by ravel-bar-foo on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:58AM (#29795432)

> Korea also has one of the highest rates of voyeurism, there is teams deployed by the city to check public toilets for spy cams with infrared lights [2][3]

This is probably not true. Korea is one of the only societies in which voyeurism is a top political issue for women. The police teams deployed to public restrooms to find hidden cameras have IIRC only found one, after searching 10s or 100s of thosands of restrooms. Their existence is not evidence for a high rate of female victimization, but rather evidence that female issues are being taken ever more seriously.

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Re:How South Korean TV took over the world by schleck8 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:53AM (#29796106)

In Korean smartphones you can't turn off the camera shutter sound so that on the subway and other public transport upskirt photos can't be taken. Most voyeurim is done with smartphones.

Also quoting the wiki article:

> In June 2021, Human Rights Watch named South Korea as the number one country in the world for spy cam use

So yes, it probably is true.

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Re:How South Korean TV took over the world by yunohn on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:11AM (#29793594)

> South Korea is one of the least gender equal societies amongst developed nations

I don’t know much about South Korea, but I disagree with your usage of the Glass Ceiling Index as proof of a generally unequal society.

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