W12.2 Answer in-class questions (ChaeHyun Lee)

Q. Why does South Korea have a 4:5 ratio of women to men going to college?


A. In Korea, there used to be a misguided gender stereotype that men's college education was prioritized over women's because "those who are deemed fit to go to college, i.e., those who are 'good at studying' and 'good' should go to college." 

While it's safe to say that this stereotype has been eradicated in today's college-bound generation, it was prevalent in my parents' generation 20-30 years ago. In real life, my father's older sister was a very intelligent woman, but she was forced to stay home and help with the household to make way for her brothers.

While the gender gap in college enrollment is less pronounced in Korean society, I think we should pay more attention to the post-college environment. This is because it is still common in Korean society for a man to get a better job and be paid less for the same position because he is a woman. How is it possible that women and men who go to the same university and receive the same level of education should be able to access higher positions faster and be paid more, even within the same environment, just because of their gender? Now that women and men are guaranteed a similar level of education, the next step is to ensure equal compensation for similar abilities or status.

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