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such principles preached to him-or-her
tactics is the employment of grid ladies
carnality. While traditional principles
incessantly, will have fewer propensities
dressed in revealing clothes in car
place the human body on a sacred
to seek out pleasures from the flesh. On
road-shows. To the general populace,
pedestal, carnality has degraded this
theotherhand,ifachildgrowsupinan
such advertisements seem to confirm
bastion of respect into a tool to satisfy
environment that not only exposes but
that being hot and sizzling is not only
ourunholyhunger.Theorgypartyinthe
also condones lewd acts borne from our
acceptable but also encouraged. It fuels
film bears powerful testimony to this.
lustful nature, she-or-he may grow up
the disregard of traditional sense of
Women walk around naked, drawing
embracing his-or-her darker personality.
decency and spurs people to embrace a
lustful glances. The decadent gathering
Lust may be a battle to see whether
hotterappearance.
hasadarkertwist.Bothmenandwomen
our upbringing can arrest our inbuilt
revel in ritual sacrifice of a beautiful
biologicalclockwork.
lady. Virtues such as respect and self-
The noble values of the contemporary
discipline are absent from the eyes of
Korean society are the set of principles
these depraved animals. They had been
we have kept from the past. Ideas such
submergedbyillssuchashedonismand
as faithfulness, the sanctity of human
mindlesspleasure.
life, self-discipline, and more are
deemed relevant even in modern times.
Understandandnotchastise
For children, such values are preached
The idea of men becoming beasts
to them as part of their upbringing.
brings to mind the tragic case of eight
Adherencetothemisgreatlyencouraged,
year-old Na-Young. The young child
for they are believed to guide people
became a victim of sexual violence
to a more virtuous life. However, lust
of 57-year-old Cho. Not only did she
presentsachallengetotheirexistencein
have to endure rape, her organs were
theKoreansociety.
permanentlydamagedbyChoDun-sun.
The gradual replacement of old values
is a product of the cultural revolution.
Erosionofnoblevalues
Illustrating this is the blooming
However, it is a call of concern because
erotic culture on the web. The Internet
The movie “Eyes Wide Shut” depicted
the values associated with lust are a
has allowed the faster dissemination
howaconcealeddesireforthefleshcan
threat to the moral fabric of society.
of indecent content. Its vast network
be harmful to a person’s psyche. While
While morality has always been a gray
has also provided people with easy
initially true to his wife, William was
area, it cannot be denied that traditional
access to a burgeoning market for lewd
willing to explore further and risk his
principles and beliefs are nobler in
services. In the past, people may have
faithfulness when his curiosity for other
nature. It instills self-discipline and
been ashamed of exposing their bodies
womenwasperked.Themoralcompass,
encourages restraint over a lustful
and sexual needs to public eyes, but
aguidethatissupposedtoleadahuman
nature that can harm the person as well
today, people have no moral qualms
beingtoavirtuouslife,canbecorroded
as society. If Korea is serious about
about exposing their bodies to others.
by the insidious urges a person feels.
preserving its rich moral traditions, it
Traditional values have been challenged
The simpler yet peaceful lifestyle,
must acknowledge and not chastise lust
and subsequently replaced when lust
safeguarded for humanity by the old
that is inherent in human nature. No
manifesteditselfontheInternet.
virtuesisshatteredbylustfulthirst.
amountofwarningandscoldinghasever
Anotherscenariowheretraditionaland
Characters in the movie preferred the
managed to eradicate social ills. It is
nobler principles have been supplanted
thrills of illicit affairs and wild parties.
throughshowingunderstandingthatcan
bylewdactsisintheareaofmarketing.
They had degenerated into savage
convincepeoplethatamorevirtuouslife
Marketing strategists are now exploiting
creaturesekingoutanexistencedictated
isthebetterwaytolive.
the lusts inherent in human nature to
bytheirimpulses.
sell their products. Today, huge brands
Similarly, lust has eroded certain
employ attractive and sexy models to
traditional values in contemporary
star in their commercials. The biggest
Korean society. This is because such
evidence of such deplorable sales
values go against the essence of
yeongeunlee@hufs.ac.kr
NOVEMBER 2009

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