Kinsey institute on Korea
Sex & gender studies:
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/ccies/kr.php
- I did not know Korean males would sleep in the same room and the wife would sleep separately when a friend stays at the house o.o
- " In the 1991 national tax census, among 1,000 married couples, 10 men and 18 women married before the age of 5, 48 men and 132 women were married between ages 5 and 10, and 159 men and 488 women married between ages 10 and 15. In other words, 217, or one in five of the men, and 638, or nearly two thirds of the women, were married by age 15 (Chung 1998). ... Another surprising fact is that among 100 murderers in prison, 31 of the 47 female prisoners murdered their husbands (Chung 1998)." Wow. can you imagine being married at 5?
- ah man, don't know what to say about this.. from some Confucian book:
“Man is the sky and woman is the ground...The sky is high, the ground is low and yang is strong, yin is weak. The lowness and weakness is women’s destiny. If the woman wants to be strong on her own, it violates the law of justice.”"
- "the entire Korean sexual culture exists for satisfying the male’s sexual needs, downplaying the mental and intimate relationship between partners. Women are raised to passively play up to this male-dominant action, and those who are more obedient and passive are encouraged. Men, on the contrary, are portrayed and raised as strong, aggressive, and dominating figures, and this concept is carried into everyday sexual and marital relationships"
Yeah, so what I mentioned before about the men not being herbivores.. there's the reason. but it's not a really pretty one D: I think it mostly still applies today though.
Also,
- 43% of Korean mothers in 1981 said their reason for giving birth was "To have a successful child who will further pursue my aspirations"
o.O Compare that with 10% of Americans..
This one is kinda long.. but it reminds me of last weekend when we were walking around Ebisu looking for coffee shops and found one with a cheap ass wooden sign that just said "Coffee" with no seeming coffee shop around ala Korea, and I mentioned to Sheena .. suure that's a coffee shop and we luled but Alipon goes "Then what is it?" Oh lul <3 to you Alipon
anyway:
- "Unlike traditional prostitution, industrial prostitution involves establishments centered mainly on the tertiary service industry, in which sex can be provided legally on the side. The tertiary service industry includes the restaurant and hotel/motel business, entertainment and cultural services, and individual and household services provided by individuals and by companies. The number of women employed in these businesses rose steadily from 21.2% in 1983, to 22.9% in 1986, and 23.3% in 1989. [Comment 2001: According to Our Society Research Center (1994), around 1.5 millions are engaged in the prostitution industry. That number was one fifth of the population aged 15 to 29 (6.2 million). Over 91% of the female prostitutes had run away from home, and more than 90% had experiences of incest and/or had been sexually abused by members of their family. (End of comment by Huso Yi)] These businesses hire women who then provide sex as an additional service paid for at the end by the consumer."
Scary.
Goes on : "Establishments that incorporate “industrial prostitution” in their services include restaurants, singing-room (karaoke) salons, room salons (adults bars with private rooms served by escort women), ticket coffee shops, steambaths, (adult) barbershops, and massage parlors"
Yep, was not making all those stories up yo. It goes on to further describe those "industrial prostitution" places.. highly interesting read.
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/ccies/kr.php
- I did not know Korean males would sleep in the same room and the wife would sleep separately when a friend stays at the house o.o
- " In the 1991 national tax census, among 1,000 married couples, 10 men and 18 women married before the age of 5, 48 men and 132 women were married between ages 5 and 10, and 159 men and 488 women married between ages 10 and 15. In other words, 217, or one in five of the men, and 638, or nearly two thirds of the women, were married by age 15 (Chung 1998). ... Another surprising fact is that among 100 murderers in prison, 31 of the 47 female prisoners murdered their husbands (Chung 1998)." Wow. can you imagine being married at 5?
- ah man, don't know what to say about this.. from some Confucian book:
“Man is the sky and woman is the ground...The sky is high, the ground is low and yang is strong, yin is weak. The lowness and weakness is women’s destiny. If the woman wants to be strong on her own, it violates the law of justice.”"
- "the entire Korean sexual culture exists for satisfying the male’s sexual needs, downplaying the mental and intimate relationship between partners. Women are raised to passively play up to this male-dominant action, and those who are more obedient and passive are encouraged. Men, on the contrary, are portrayed and raised as strong, aggressive, and dominating figures, and this concept is carried into everyday sexual and marital relationships"
Yeah, so what I mentioned before about the men not being herbivores.. there's the reason. but it's not a really pretty one D: I think it mostly still applies today though.
Also,
- 43% of Korean mothers in 1981 said their reason for giving birth was "To have a successful child who will further pursue my aspirations"
o.O Compare that with 10% of Americans..
This one is kinda long.. but it reminds me of last weekend when we were walking around Ebisu looking for coffee shops and found one with a cheap ass wooden sign that just said "Coffee" with no seeming coffee shop around ala Korea, and I mentioned to Sheena .. suure that's a coffee shop and we luled but Alipon goes "Then what is it?" Oh lul <3 to you Alipon
anyway:
- "Unlike traditional prostitution, industrial prostitution involves establishments centered mainly on the tertiary service industry, in which sex can be provided legally on the side. The tertiary service industry includes the restaurant and hotel/motel business, entertainment and cultural services, and individual and household services provided by individuals and by companies. The number of women employed in these businesses rose steadily from 21.2% in 1983, to 22.9% in 1986, and 23.3% in 1989. [Comment 2001: According to Our Society Research Center (1994), around 1.5 millions are engaged in the prostitution industry. That number was one fifth of the population aged 15 to 29 (6.2 million). Over 91% of the female prostitutes had run away from home, and more than 90% had experiences of incest and/or had been sexually abused by members of their family. (End of comment by Huso Yi)] These businesses hire women who then provide sex as an additional service paid for at the end by the consumer."
Scary.
Goes on : "Establishments that incorporate “industrial prostitution” in their services include restaurants, singing-room (karaoke) salons, room salons (adults bars with private rooms served by escort women), ticket coffee shops, steambaths, (adult) barbershops, and massage parlors"
Yep, was not making all those stories up yo. It goes on to further describe those "industrial prostitution" places.. highly interesting read.