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In South Korea, people believe that men are superior than women based on Confucian ideas. Here are some facts to prove that Korea is very sexist and is a culture in which women are segregated from men.
1. Gender wage gap
Korea has the biggest gender wage gap according to OECD in 34 countries. The wage gap is 36.6%.
2. Sexual harassments in office
The statistics below is from career.co.kr.
The proportion of males to females
- Male 27.4%
- Female 72.6%
Perpetrators (plural response)
- Higher-ups 78.7%
- Employer 13.4%
- Colleague 6.7%
- Junior 1.2%
Situations (plural response)
- Staff dinner 44.5%
- Working hour 31.7%
- Private dinner 15.9%
- Workshop and event 7.9%
Types of sexual harassment (plural response)
- Excessive physical contact 59.8%
- Sexual joke 45.7%
- Belittling physical appearance 33.5%
- Staring at specific body part 24.4%
- Pressuring to serve drink 7.9%
- Demand for sex 5.5%
3. Maternity leaves
This graph from OECD website shows that Korea is turned over in maternity leave in 32 countries. According to OECD, the average maternity leave in Korea is 12.86 weeks which is very short period to recover.
4. Korea violent crimes and female victims
According to Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of Korea, the gap of gender in violent crimes are very high. The black indicates the number of violent crimes caused in each year and red indicated the number of women victims.
5. Glass celling in Korea
The definition of glass celling is an unacknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities (from Google Dictionary). Visit Wikipedia for more information. According to The Economist, Korea has the worst working condition for working women.
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