Comments on: Korean Women Say Birth Control is ‘Men’s Responsibility’

By: Challenging Stereotypes about Abortion « The Grand Narrative

Challenging Stereotypes about Abortion « The Grand Narrative — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:50:47 +0000

[...] Also, it was ironic that something that set out to challenge stereotypes would confirm so many of my own in the process. Namely, that all too many Koreans are forced to seek abortions because of a lack of basic knowledge about contraception, and that women are still wary of keeping condoms on hand and/or insisting their partners use them, lest they “be regarded as a slut or an experienced and impure woman” (which in turn leads to the perception that contraception is only men’s responsibility). [...]

By: Korean Family Planning Advertisements, 1960s-1980s — Are Today’s Young Couples Less Informed than Their Parents Were? « The Grand Narrative

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:49:22 +0000

[...] remind me of young Koreans’ surprising attitude that contraception is exclusively men’s responsibility (as indeed the Japanese think too). However, women were overwhemingly the focus of population [...]

By: on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day… |

on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day… | — Fri, 13 May 2011 04:24:34 +0000

[...] to misleading information from doctors and hearsay from friends, and the prevailing attitude that sex is a man’s realm, and therefore women should not be involved in decisions about when to use birth control. As a [...]

By: guest

guest — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:46:09 +0000

With all due respect, Rose.. Women that are sexually active certainly are discriminated against. There is a lot of societal pressures for girls to be "pure" and virginal. You can't even get the pill over the counter without people starring at you.

Do you know why there are so many South Korean babies that are put up for overseas adoption? It's because single unwed mothers are discriminated against. 90% of the babies sent overseas to the US come from single mothers. These mothers have trouble getting jobs and just living.

Furthermore, abortions are still illegal.

I'm not sure where you get your facts from, but I've been living and working in Korea for some time now.

By: Why Korean Girls Don’t Say No: Contraception Commercials, Condom Use and Double Standards in South Korea « The Grand Narrative

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:27:50 +0000

[...] headlines such as “Women Inactive in Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy,” and “Korean Women Say Birth Control is Men’s Responsibility“, although I must confess that I never expected to be so, well…true, especially as my [...]

By: rose

rose — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:57:28 +0000

This is totally untrue. Abortion is illegal only when the baby is too developed to abort without harming the mother (after 2 or 3 months of being pregnant). Also, men are incouraged to have sex before they’re married but so are the women. South koreans do NOT shun sexually active women. please get your facts straight.

By: Joelius

Joelius — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:04:30 +0000

It’s a thing of virginity guys aren’t noticeably different after sex. That being said prostitution I think is legal and there are always the few women in those cultures who have sex with most of the men.

By: mens-hormonal-health.com

mens-hormonal-health.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:19:05 +0000

It has always struck me odd, that men in some cultures are encouraged to have sex before marriage where women are not.

Then who exactly are the unwed men supposed to have sex with? Married women?