Roles Of Korean Women From The Early 1900's And Modern Times

Compare and contrast the roles of Korean women from the early 1900’s and modern times

Does the term ’working mom’ or ‘supermom’ ring any bell to you? The term ‘Supermom’ refers to women working vigorously pursuing their career and nurturing their children at the same time. These terms are not new to the era of 2015. The data shows that out of all the families 43.9% of the parents are both working. Roles of women have drastically changed over the years thus suggesting a new view to approaching women. I will be comparing the traditional jobs of women in the field of economy, society and the role in the family. One of the points that show such change is women and their share in the field of economy. For a long time, Korea has been living in a history of men-leading ideology.

We can say that while in the earlier days’ women were more restraint to the role as the mother and housewife. But today women have attained the same education level as men so they are able to find a decent job as a profession. Consequently, they began to reach out for their dreams. The most fundamental change that has occurred to the women is that they became less reliant on men. Marriage became an option in their lives not a compulsory social ritual. Furthermore, because the women are able to make a living by themselves they became less reliant to men. If the major role of women was the obedient housewife in the olden days, nowadays it is common for both of the spouse to work. This became possible because although not perfectly accomplished there has been a lot of progress made by the society to deliver less burden to the women. Division of labor inside the household has become a necessary process to achieve the equilibrium. Work childcare system and regional childcare centers are one of the examples that shows the intensified aid in women welfare. Thus making it easier for the women to work for longer period of