Saturday, May 30, 2015

Family-Lee Seung Won(이승원)


What are the marriage rule in Korea? How have they changed?

 

The marriage law in Korea is similar to other country’s laws. The couple have to communize their property, living place, etc. But they can change these depending on the circumstance of the two people. Different with America, where the wife has to change her first name to match her husbands’ first name At Korea wife do not have to change her first name. Also, at the past at Korea the property was owned by both wife and husband or totally to husband. But today, the property of the husband and wife is each separately owned.

 

 

How is the labor divided by gender in Korea?

 

 Korea has serious problem about the ‘double burden’. It seems to be an international problem, but because of the religious belief Koreans used to have about gender roles, things are more serious here in Korea. It was believed that man must not go into the Kitchen. This had no problem when almost no woman worked outside. But now many woman work after the birth of the child. As a result, many woman became a “super mom” who does work and house work at the same time.

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