Blogging through Invitation to Sociology (2020)

One of the worst gender problem that Korea has had for many years is an earning discrimination called ‘Glass ceiling problem.’ Glass ceiling refers to structural suppression that is invisible but prevents certain genders or races from going up any further, figuratively referring to a situation in which a person with sufficient ability cannot hold high office due to gender discrimination or racism in the workplace. To look at Korea specifically, According to CEO Score, which surveyed the nation's top 200 listed companies as of September 2019, 39 female registered executives accounted for 2.7 percent of the total. There were 168 companies without a single female registered executive, accounting for 84% of the total, and none had more than three registered executives. However, Korean government is trying to break this, but it has no forcibleness because they are not punished even if they violate the law.  Also, Women's single parenting problem is another main issue which threat...

The toy business is one of the most important thing to be changed for gender equality because the industry splits their product by sex in to sell better. It reinforces the old stereotype of gender role, image and reproduces inequality.   Toys labeled ‘for boys’ are always blue and most are typical things that we imagine related to ‘macho image of men.’ On the other hand, Toys labeled for girls are pink or color of flowers, and is related to beauty.   I think it is extremely harmful for young children as they don’t have strong stereotype yet. They almost look like practicing the gender role from the young age, as girls only sits wearing a pretty princess costume and do make-up when boys are playing with active toys. It implies w omen are the ones who cook and care, and men are the one who do creative work .  We must stop dividing what is for girls or boys and teach children it is normal to play with anything they want. I personally think it would help a lot ...

I agree with the theory because revolutions always started from inequality through history. French revolution is a great example. If there is inequality, people treated worse are bound to get angry and want change. They will try to take away their pie from the powerful people, and it must start from reforming the head of society. Thus a charismatic leader would gain everyone’s anger into one purpose and start the revolution. I think the social welfare is for the basic human right for sure, but in a different point of view, it is also a tool for society to stay safe and prevent such affair in a good or bad way.  

Since Korea is the one- blooded ethnic, there are undeniable discrimination toward foreigners. For example, children and teenagers would call black people in the street ‘Big brother.’ It may sound like a nice word but can be a race insult to them. Another example is that we call Chinese people ‘jjangae’, which clearly has an offensive intent. I don’t think Korean are openly rude to foreigners and most people try to be kind when they ask for something, but the unintentional words and behaviors that separate them from us is a problem. We are doing great in language adjusting and basic manners, so I want to see Korea more sensitively reflect on our unconscious expressions.  

In my opinion, it is because of prejudice. some people may argue that men and women is naturally different, but there are many studies that proved there’s not much difference, especially in intelligence. Also, there are many aspect in study that can overcome the physical condition. In the past, women tend to chose fields that can have jobs easy to take care of children. Since the burden to raise children was main task for women, they couldn’t dare to try in many fields. Nowadays, sexism has been destroyed a lot but still the prejudice remains. We need to think that sex has nothing to do with a person’s possibility.

To my knowledge, there are many races mainly distinguished by the look. Sort by the biggest standard is Asian, Black, White, Hispanic and there are also specific races varied in these four. For example, we call Korean, Japanese, and Chinese people all ‘Asian’ but each is different races. However, this is just biological analysis. If we look at out ancestors, many races are mixed and we all came from the same root of homo sapience. I think despite the difference in appearance, it is desirable to divide race by culture or the character of society. There is no difference when it comes to the most important values like love, peace. We all feel the same emotions. Every race is equal and must be respected.   

In my opinion, Korea’s suicide rate is high because we are so competitive. One of the main reason of suicide is depression, and it is caused by the feeling of lethargy. People fel into lethargy when they feel there’s no change that can be made. In Korean society, the whole system seems to be designed to distinguish winner and loser, which is really hard to overcome once you’ve failed, and it makes people feel depressed. we have to strongly compete with each other since we are in elementary school. Every parents try to make their children study hard and a child learn that they have to ‘survive’ before even having a dream. It goes all the way through Korean’s life. We have to blame on not the individuals, but social structure that pushes us so hard. Therefore, I think we should make more social security system to protect and encourage people. It will eventually reduce the competitive atmosphere and make us think that it is actually ok to live in our way, we don’t have to die.   ...