Topic: The equality of the sexes in
Korea
Audience / Academic
or Non-academic: every men and women in Korea / non-academic
Purpose: to introduce sexual
inequality in Korea and express my opinion
Evaluate the topic:
1. Description: situation in Korea about equality of sexes
2. Equality of sexes is realized in Korea:
1) Korea’s president is woman.
2) Both sexes have
equal opportunity when entering society
3) The number of women
in army is increasing
4) The university
entrance rate of both men and women students’ is similar now
5) More men are not
afraid to be a homemaker
3. Equality of sexes is not realized in Korea:
1) Only men go army
2) Exclusive use of
women
3) Salary in a job is
not equal
4) Too many fixed
ideas in Korea
Expression:
1 .Your overall opinion of the topic: I think equality of sexes is
not realized in Korea.
2. Your recommendation: Need to be more considerate about the opposite
sex’s situation
3. Main reasons for your recommendation/non-recommendation:
1) Reverse
discrimination in Korea
2) Fixed ideas about
gender role
There is much to contend with
saying that how Korea's gender equality really realized.
Some people say Korea already
became an advanced country, and also have mature citizenship.
Of course, there are many
people don't agree with it.
So today, I'm going to cover a
subject that how much Korea's gender equality has
realized.
We all know a person in a picture above these sentences. She is the first female president in Korea. People say this
directly shows that gender equality has realized.
When entering society, both
sexes have equal opportunity. And this is not only happening in the Korea, and
also happening in all the OECD countries.
Army of Korea is no longer the
preserve of men. The number of women in army is rapidly increasing.
Also, the university entrance
rate of both men and women students' is similar now.
Men’s traditional values are
changing too. Men are not afraid to be a homemaker anymore.
And we will also see through
position that 'Equality of sexes is not realized in Korea.'
In this position, people say only
men go army. There are many women in army but they don't have responsibility to
go army.
Even in Hanyang University, there is a lounge only for female student.
These days when entering society, both sexes have equal opportunity. But salary in the future is not same. Male earn more money than female in Korea.
In Korea, many fixed ideas in
gender role are changing, but still many people have it. Many conservative
views of people limit gender role. And I think equality of sexes is not
realized in Korea. Of course I agree that women are suffering under many
conditions in Korea, but males also suffering from it. Most one that I can’t
understand in Korea is that when doing strenuous job, women claim that they
can't do it because they are weak ones. And when getting benefit, it needs to
be equally divided. I don't agree that this is equal. I'm not being male
chauvinism. People who have done more job, and he gets more benefit
from it. That is equal.
This is related with the fixed
ideas about gender role. 'Male has to be a head of household', 'when marriage,
male has to buy a house and female has to buy furnishings for the home.' this
is fixed ideas in Korea. And that is all the men's purpose of life in Korea.
These fixed ideas obstruct equality, I think.
To solve the problem, men and
women need to be more considerate about the opposite sex's situation. Selfishness
brings problem. Men have to understand
women’s distress in society, and
also women have to understand too.
This video clip shows that how men and women thinks
differently in marriage.
This video shows about gender
inequality in Korea.
And this link is background
information to understand gender equality in Korea.
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