User:Ljk3

I am currently an undergraduate at Rice University. I am a Third Culture Korean-American who was born in Connecticut and have since lived in five other cities. I am undeclared but interested in sociology, psychology, kinesiology, and nutrition. During my free time, I enjoy baking, coloring, working out, and spending time with my family and friends.

Detailed Article Proposal

When South Korea ranks “high” on certain equality indices, people assume that South Korean women are protected, respected, and free. However, gender inequality in South Korea is a deep-rooted, rampant injustice that harms its people politically, socially, psychologically, and economically. Growing up in a Korean family, I’ve seen and experienced the inequality in the expectations and roles of women. What I hope to achieve by revising and expanding the Gender Inequality in South Korea article is to describe the natality, professional, and household inequalities that are often overlooked and reveal the debilitating effects of these injustices.

First, I will add a paragraph to the introduction of the article that briefly describes the prevalence of gender inequality in South Korea and its effects. I decided to organize the article according to the three types of inequality that are most common in South Korea.

1 Gender Statistics // 2 Global Rankings: I will add more updated statistics if possible and organize these sections in a clearer way, potentially with bullet points or a table. I will also add a short paragraph regarding issues about specific indices and measurements under “Global Rankings.”

Branisa, B. et al. (2014). The Institutional Basis of Gender Inequality: The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Research Notes: Feminist Economics, 20(2).
Jaggar, A. (2017). Improving Methodology by Reflecting on Research Practice. Manuscript.
Monk-Turner, E. & Turner, C. (2001). Sex Differentials in Earnings in the South Korean Labor Market, Feminist Economics, 7(1), 63-78. DOI: 10.1080/13545700010028374
OECD. (2018). Social Institutions and Gender (indicator). https://doi.org/10.1787/7b6cfcf0-en

3 History: Since this is such a broad topic, I will focus on aspects of history that contributed to gender inequality and/or perpetuated gender inequality, such as the period of comfort women, Park Geun-hye’s election and scandal, etc. I will also show the changes or lack of change in gender inequality throughout history.

Abelmann, N. (1997). Women's Class Mobility and Identities in South Korea: A Gendered, Transnational, Narrative Approach. The Journal of Asian Studies, 56(2), 398-420. doi:10.2307/2646244
Koo, H. (2007). The Changing Faces of Inequality in South Korea in the Age of Globalization. Korean Studies, 31, 1-18. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23720158
Han, J., & Chun, J. (2014). Introduction: Gender and Politics in Contemporary Korea. The Journal of Korean Studies (1979-),19(2), 245-255. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43923271

4 Culture: Similar to the “History” section, I will focus on aspects of South Korean culture that drive and perpetuate gender inequality, such as Confucian values, traditional gender roles and expectations, etc. The original article contains basic information about this already, so I will add more specific evidence and information from scholarly sources.

Abelmann, N. (1997). Narrating Selfhood and Personality in South Korea: Women and Social Mobility. American Ethnologist, 24(4), 786-812. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/646809
Hoffman, D. (1995). Blurred Genders: The Cultural Construction of Male and Female in South Korea. Korean Studies, 19, 112-138. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23719143
Park, K. (1993). Women and Development: The Case of South Korea. Comparative Politics, 25(2), 127-145. doi:10.2307/422348

5 Natality Inequality: I plan for this section to be relatively short, but I do want to include information about sex ratios and South Korea’s missing women. If this section is too short, I will add this information as a subtopic under “Gender Statistics.”

den Boer, A. & Hudson, V. (2017). Patrilineality, Son Preference, and Sex Selection in South Korea and Vietnam. Population and Development Review. 119-147.
Kim, D. (2004). Missing Girls in South Korea: Trends, Levels and Regional Variations. Population (English Edition, 2002-), 59(6), 865-878. doi:10.2307/3654898

6 Professional Inequality // 6.1 Employment: This section will revolve around the wage gap, employment, and gendered professions. I will describe gender discrimination in the workplace and explain why it occurs. I will also add information about maternity leave, the economic effects of underutilizing women, etc. This section will be the longest because it is the most studied gender inequality in South Korea.

Hyunjoon P. (2007). Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Korea by Gender, Socio-Economic Background, and Family Structure. The International Journal of Human Rights, 11(1-2), 179-197. DOI: 10.1080/13642980601176324
Kim, H. (2009). ANALYZING THE GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR: THE CASES OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA. Asian Perspective, 33(2), 181-229. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42704677
MA, L. (2013). Employment and Motherhood Entry in South Korea, 1978-2006. Population (English Edition, 2002-), 68(3), 419-446. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42778444
Monk-Turner, E., & Turner, C. (1994). South Korean Labor Market Discrimination against Women: Estimating Its Cost. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 53(4), 433-442. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3487187
Patterson, L. & Walcutt, B. (2013). Korean workplace gender discrimination research analysis: a review of the literature from 1990 to 2010. Asia Pacific Business Review, 19(1), 85-101. DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.697774
Patterson, L. & Walcutt, B. (2014). Explanations for continued gender discrimination in South Korean workplaces. Asia Pacific Business Review, 20(1), 18-41. DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.818805

7 Household Inequality: This section will focus on household inequality as a result of traditional Confucian gender roles. I will describe examples of this inequality, add more specific evidence and information from scholarly sources, and show how household inequality perpetuates many other types of inequality.

Cho, U. (2013). “Gender inequality and patriarchal order recontextualized”. Contemporary South Korean Society: A Critical Perspective. Routledge. pp. 18–27. ISBN 978-0-415-69139-0.
Kim, E. et al. (2014). Hwa-Byung Among Middle-Aged Korean Women: Family Relationships, Gender-Role Attitudes, and Self-Esteem. Health Care for Women International, 35(5), 495-511. DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.740114
Kim, H. (2009). ANALYZING THE GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR: THE CASES OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA. Asian Perspective, 33(2), 181-229. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42704677