Unnoticed Gender Inequality Seeped In Our Lives Joy Yejin Oh Y8
I define gender inequality as providing different opportunities or treating people differently due to dissimilarity between themselves and others, simply based on their gender. These days, the rate of gender inequality within the world has remarkably decreased compared to the past. Lots of things have changed; the proportion of women receiving doctoral degrees dramatically increased, men’s participation in households increased, gender stereotypes have improved, etc. However, unlike these significant gender inequality improvements, minor but instinctive gender inequality still exists within our society. Firstly, online. For experimental purposes, I have tried googling the terms ‘women’ and ‘men’ in Korean, which are and . Have a look at the result.
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When you type ‘men’, pictures of men simply come out. However, if you type ‘women’, it claims that you should verify that you are over 19 to see the normal results. Inappropriate images for young people show up and lead us to the question ‘why?’. Why only women? People say gender inequality isn’t a big issue these days, but all the stereotypes and racism are shown through small but distinct things. Secondly, in the household. Have you ever been in a house where all your cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles gather and have a joyous holiday? This is the typical holiday scene, whether it is the New Years or Chuseok. At first glance, this tableau looks jubilant and pleasing with everyone smiling and laughing together. As a matter of fact, that is only partially true. According to ‘JOBKOREA’, 65.9% of the men get stressed due to holiday gatherings, and 74.0% of the women get stressed due to several different reasons.
