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Roles of Men and Women
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The roles of both men and women have changed quite a lot during the past few decades. In the past women were expected to do nothing more than clean house, cook meals, wash clothes and bear children while men had to go out and work. Men never lifted a finger around the house and could never be caught shopping for food because those were jobs for women.
In the old days sons weren't even allowed inside the kitchen because a kitchen was "no place for a man." While women still don't have the same status as men in the society, things are a far cry from what they used to be.
Not only can married women now have jobs outside the home, but their husbands encourage it. Not only do men help with the housework, but their wives demand it. Though the sight of a man pushing a shopping cart in a supermarket would have come as a shock in the 1980s, today it
doesn't even warrant a second glance. Neither do female bus drivers, military officers, police officers, or politicians. The clerk who takes your bill payment at the bank may be male, but jobs like that used to be held by single women only.
When it comes to men's and women's roles in modern-day Korea, almost anything goes.
As to what has caused this social revolution to occur in Korea, there are three basic reasons;
1. education
2. affluence
3. westernization
EDUCATION
The industrialization that occurred during the 1970s created unprecedented wealth in Korea. Families could suddenly afford to send their daughters as well as their sons to college. This produced a generation of young women who refused to give up their careers in order to become ajummas confined to shopping, cleaning house, and making kimchee.
AFFLUENCE
As the country grew more and more prosperous a serious labor shortage occurred. Everybody realized that the old tradition of keeping half the population at home and out of the workforce was counterproductive and could only result in hurting the economy. At the same time, the cost of living skyrocketed and families found it harder to manage on just one salary. Suddenly the idea of married women having outside jobs seemed to be a pretty good idea.
WESTERNIZATION
Along with affluence came increased travel opportunities and access to information from outside sources via satellite television. The increased exposure to the outside world had an enormous effect on the way of thinking inside Korea. Traditional thinking concerning separate roles for men and women seemed old fashioned and foolish in comparison.
Q1) Do you think women should be able to do all the same jobs as men, or do you think that there should be some jobs for men only and other jobs for women? Why do you think so?
Q2) How much work around the house should be done by men and how much by women?(including cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, shopping, etc.) Should the work be shared, or should women do most of the work? Why do you think so?
Q3) How much responsibility do you think that fathers have in raising the children? Is that mostly the mother's job or should it be 50/50? Explain your opinion.
Q4) What effect has Korea's exposure to foreign countries through the mass media
(TV, Internet, movies. etc.) and foreign travel had on Korea's new way of thinking about men's and women's role? Tell why you think so.
- A very big effect
- Some effect, but not much.
- Very little effect.
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In the old days sons weren't even allowed inside the kitchen because a kitchen was "no place for a man." While women still don't have the same status as men in the society, things are a far cry from what they used to be.
Not only can married women now have jobs outside the home, but their husbands encourage it. Not only do men help with the housework, but their wives demand it. Though the sight of a man pushing a shopping cart in a supermarket would have come as a shock in the 1980s, today it
doesn't even warrant a second glance. Neither do female bus drivers, military officers, police officers, or politicians. The clerk who takes your bill payment at the bank may be male, but jobs like that used to be held by single women only.
When it comes to men's and women's roles in modern-day Korea, almost anything goes.
As to what has caused this social revolution to occur in Korea, there are three basic reasons;
1. education
2. affluence
3. westernization
EDUCATION
The industrialization that occurred during the 1970s created unprecedented wealth in Korea. Families could suddenly afford to send their daughters as well as their sons to college. This produced a generation of young women who refused to give up their careers in order to become ajummas confined to shopping, cleaning house, and making kimchee.
AFFLUENCE
As the country grew more and more prosperous a serious labor shortage occurred. Everybody realized that the old tradition of keeping half the population at home and out of the workforce was counterproductive and could only result in hurting the economy. At the same time, the cost of living skyrocketed and families found it harder to manage on just one salary. Suddenly the idea of married women having outside jobs seemed to be a pretty good idea.
WESTERNIZATION
Along with affluence came increased travel opportunities and access to information from outside sources via satellite television. The increased exposure to the outside world had an enormous effect on the way of thinking inside Korea. Traditional thinking concerning separate roles for men and women seemed old fashioned and foolish in comparison.
Q1) Do you think women should be able to do all the same jobs as men, or do you think that there should be some jobs for men only and other jobs for women? Why do you think so?
Q2) How much work around the house should be done by men and how much by women?(including cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, shopping, etc.) Should the work be shared, or should women do most of the work? Why do you think so?
Q3) How much responsibility do you think that fathers have in raising the children? Is that mostly the mother's job or should it be 50/50? Explain your opinion.
Q4) What effect has Korea's exposure to foreign countries through the mass media
(TV, Internet, movies. etc.) and foreign travel had on Korea's new way of thinking about men's and women's role? Tell why you think so.
- A very big effect
- Some effect, but not much.
- Very little effect.
이 글은「대학연합영어토론동아리」www.pioneerclub.com에서 제공하는 영어토론 정보입니다.
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