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A 12 page research paper that examines how South Korean women have changed over the last several decades. Members of a culture that incorporated a centuries-old Confucian traditional of male superiority, South Korean women have achieved tremendous advancements in their social status, both politically and domestically in a very brief time, which is a testimony to their intelligence and determination. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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of democracy in the world (Chunghee 74). As of 1988, political involvement of women in the US had achieved roughly 2% of the high government positions; in South Korea, political
involvement of women has achieved roughly 2% of the high government positions (Chunghee 74). It took South Korean women approximately four decades to catch up to what it took American
women over two centuries to achieve, and this gives some indication of the radical social change that has come to the female population of South Korea (Chungehee 74). As the
above figure indicates, South Korean women are now active in politics. They are active in labor union activity and provide a large percentage of the work force. They are involved
in social protest, and education for women has taken on a great deal of social emphasis. No longer is the world of the South Korean woman circumscribed by the roles
of mother, daughter, and daughter-in-law. However, to fully understand the extent of this achievement, it is necessary to have an understanding of where these women were starting from, which was
the roles for women defined by patriarchal Confucianism in South Korean society. Traditional roles for women In Korea, Confucianism was interpreted more literally and more fundamentally than in either
China or Japan (Kim 69). Confucianism was seen by the Koreans as a means to cultivate the morals of the people, and was adopted as a state ideology that
would not only govern the state, but also order family relationships (Kim 69). The central authority of the upper-class (yanghan) employed the functions of kin groups to both legitimize and
consolidate its power (Kim 69). From the time of the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910), the state defined itself as a family state, and the solidarity and order of kinship was seen
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