SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that the level of leisure satisfaction among South Koreans was the highest among women who support the idea of traditional gender roles in which men are the breadwinners and women are the homemakers. A majority of South Koreans, however, oppose traditional gender roles. Statistics Korea [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — About 7 out 10 married women disagree with the traditional gender roles of breadwinning husbands and homemaker wives, although a majority of the women acknowledge that mothers are better at raising children, a survey said Thursday. A total of 10,630 married women aged 15 to 49 were polled for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The expectations that men and women should carry out traditional gender roles is still prevalent on South Korean variety shows, according to a recent study. On these types of television programs, women were typically expected to stay at home, while men were responsible for ‘outside work’. In addition, male [...]