In Korean culture, the husband is the one expected to support the family, on the other hand the women are expected to stay at home and be housewives. According to my partners explanation woman ratio to men is less it is because in past days people used to have sex preference abortion, which now resulted imbalance between male and female. According to my partners explanation during the holidays women are expected to do house jobs and cook for men, and men are not expected to do any work. He believes this is done because; culturally considered everymen has to go out and earn money; so women are expected to stay home and work. Even though they work at home my partner believes women live a better life than men. For those families where both parents work just like the western culture the children are sent to day care. According to my partners’ explanation these days the women are given more privilege, the women participation is increasing from time to time. When comparing education status more male are educated then female, so female are more encouraged. For example:- when my partner was in Korea he was studying engineering , there was only one girl in his department , most girls were studying business so most of the professors used to encourage the girls. He said most girls still take easy courses so they are encouraged to be involved in harder courses too.
My partner told me more about his family, his mother is an artists, she is not professional so she paints as a hobby. She raised him and his brother at home without getting a job outside. His father just like the other Koreans supported the family. My partner wants to get married to a wife just like his mother. He doesn’t expect her to go out and get a job, he wants her to stay at home and raise the children until they get older, after that she can do her own things. He says he wants to support his family financially on his own without the help from his wife. So this shows most of the time the men are the ones taking care of the family, when it comes to working and making money. One last thing is most of the time will is given to the male children for example: – his grandmother from his mother side didn’t get any will from her parents; it was all given to her brothers. The reason behind this according to my partner is because; men are the ones taking care of the family financially so they get to have the will.
