South Korea also has the worst gender pay gap in the OECD, as Korean women bring home about two-thirds of the income then men. "Women typically can't build on their experience to climb higher at workplaces because they are often...the only one doing the childcare (and) often need to rejoin the workforce after extended leaves," said Jung Jae-hoon, a professor at Seoul Women's University.

Country that finacially punishes women for having children has lowest birthrate in the world.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's also a huge misogynist backlash happening in South Korea right now. Men are getting more and more reactionary in response to perceived gains in rights that Korean women are experiencing.

That is to say that the unbelievably sexist country is getting more sexist, not less.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It's pretty fucking bad if this FT article is anything to go by

SK's is crazy.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

That quote is confusing...

Korean women bring home about two-thirds of the income then men

I only understood the meaning of it when I typed it above, before that I read it as if it said that Korean women on average made about 66% of the shared income in a home.

Now I realize that they meant that Korean women on average makes about 66% of what a Korean man makes, which is terrible.