tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2999914612905470646..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: "Perverted sex acts" filmed in a classroom?matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-55036762030459094032010-10-29T15:35:51.486+09:002010-10-29T15:35:51.486+09:00Well stated Milton. I am of the exact same opinio...Well stated Milton. I am of the exact same opinion; and, I similarlyt feel that the wonderful<br />Shin Chae Ho has had more of an impact on Korean society than he could ever have imagined. <br />In terms of K. male dominance going out the window--yup, happy to say it is! This clinging to the glorious past of "남존여비" is particularly interesting in ethnic Korean immigrants in Western countries. Take a gander at The Korean's posts regarding the girl getting beat up in the subway and you'll have a perfect example of this.<br />You know all this; and I know all this; but, I wonder if such viewpoints are held and/or nurtured in South Korea's institutions of higher learning. Do they talk about such silliness critically in the hallowed halls of Ehwas? (I know they ain't gonna discuss this stuff in the old boys club SNU).<br />At my university, I know of only one feminist professor speaking out against Korean patriarchy--that is one out of 250 professors . . . hmmmmmKamizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821079570827821359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-14182044532793859532010-10-26T22:56:03.134+09:002010-10-26T22:56:03.134+09:00Milton:
Thanks for the correction. I looked at a ...Milton:<br /><br />Thanks for the correction. I looked at a few online dictionaries and had no luck - didn't think of looking at Wikipedia.<br /><br />I'll reply to your lengthy comment (and a few others) when I'm a little more awake...matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-44340085213034385582010-10-25T15:56:26.260+09:002010-10-25T15:56:26.260+09:00Btw, “'낚시성 음란물'” means it’s a hoax video. ...Btw, “'낚시성 음란물'” means it’s a hoax video. According to Korean wikipedia:<br /><br />근대 이후 언론의 발달과 함께 언론에 의한 이러한 행위가 많이 이루어져 사회적 파장을 불러일으킨 경우도 많으며, 최근에는 인터넷을 이용한 날조 행위도 있어 더욱 파급력이 커지고 있다. 최근에는 물고기를 낚는 행위에서 비롯된 낚시라는 은어로도 널리 불리고 있다. <br /><br /><br />http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%9A%EC%8B%9C_(%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%84%B7)miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773908522441619579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-72134175778955598232010-10-25T13:55:45.719+09:002010-10-25T13:55:45.719+09:00Matt, how can I contact you by email?Matt, how can I contact you by email?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492880103205543495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-86221649170156863592010-10-25T11:32:07.661+09:002010-10-25T11:32:07.661+09:00I read stories like this as an allegory about Kore...I read stories like this as an allegory about Korean history as viewed through the prism of late-20th Century Korean nationalist historiography: Koreans, because of their “pure blood,” are especially susceptible to foreign pillage. The women in these stories represent “the minjok” while the “foreign teachers” represent all the evil foreign invaders who pillaged the land throughout Koreas 3000 years of history. None of those claims are historically accurate, mind you, but the same myths first told by people like Shin Chae-ho and Yi Kwang-su are alive and well today. It’s no longer foreign armies that are “raping” Korea; rather it’s legions of 20-something, college educated, middle class, North Americans and Western Europeans. <br /><br />But I think on a deeper level, this, along with all the other stories about Hurt Korean Pride, Korean women, and foreign teachers, goes back to what I touched on in your previous post: collective Korean male resentment directed at Korean women. <br /><br />When is a foreigner in Korea most likely to experience “racism”? When he’s out in public with a Korean woman (this is anecdotal of course). And note that the person who usually gets the brunt of this attitude is the woman, not the man. <br /><br />What is the usual justification given by those Koreans who engage in this type of behavior? They, of course, were just defending the honor of “their” woman from a litany of stereotypical behavior that foreign men are believed to commit. (Never mind that such attitudes completely dismiss Korean female agency—Korean females never “choose” to be with foreign men, rather they are “duped” by treacherous foreign men into committing unspeakable acts).<br /><br />But the subtext here is not that Korean men are defending the “their” women’s honor, but rather Korean men are defending their own honor from the growing threat of the Korean feminism. The issue has nothing to do with impure blood lines, looking out for the “younger sisters” of society, or even the “lewd” behavior of foreigners. That’s all post-hoc justification. The real issue here has to do with the fact that the dominance of Korean males over Korean society is slowly being eroded, traditional family and social structures are being overturned, and men are being forced to compete equally with women in a variety of different venues. Throw in gender imbalances, especially in the countryside, and you end up with a whole lot of growing resentment and concern about the role women play in Korean society. This resentment is manifested through paternalistic attitudes towards women and attempts to shame these women back to the “kitchen.”miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773908522441619579noreply@blogger.com