tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post3511619693774972641..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: The NYT and Joongang Ilbo on unwed mothersmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-52569723205992316162009-10-17T17:59:28.099+09:002009-10-17T17:59:28.099+09:00I guess this following statement could be attribut...I guess this following statement could be attributed to any country but Korea in particular really needs to start educating about birth control and sex education. <br /><br />Majority of the sex education campaigns that we see on the streets are about disease control rather than sex education. <br /><br />When you bed a Korean girls, rarely do they asks about condoms and if one does, its usually because she suspects foreigners carrying some type of STD not because of the possibility of getting pregnant. Something needs to be done to change that type of mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-5322836396097559962009-10-13T10:50:26.692+09:002009-10-13T10:50:26.692+09:00On a side note, there was a period of time, (maybe...On a side note, there was a period of time, (maybe a year ago?) where you couldn't find out the sex of the child before it was born due to the majority aborting the females only. <br /><br />On a side, side note....=)<br />I have read hundreds of polls and statistics based on Korean sources while I studied the language for the last 2 years, and so many of them seem just plain bogus.Briiianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419814737290663932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-31094900389773570202009-10-10T21:14:34.882+09:002009-10-10T21:14:34.882+09:00It's ridiculous that on the one hand, the gove...It's ridiculous that on the one hand, the government encourage giving birth as a solution of low birth rate and on the other hand, they put emphasis on adoption more than help unwed mothers with children. <br />Unwed mothers or single mothers they both can't avoid social <br />prejudice in Korea society (it would be harder for unwed mothers to overcome the prejudice than devorced mothers.) and most of them have no protection or no benefits I think.<br />The government supports mother-and-child families WITHIN budget<br />but it's hard to be up to the standard. <br />I hope the government increase the budget for welfare rather than other developement. <br />Especially, there should be social protection for teenage unwed mothers.<br />It's important to promote responsible sex education and change recognition about childbirth and bringing up. <br />"Life is precious."Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877130571210618365noreply@blogger.com