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Social Insight
Challenging
OldPerceptions
ofWomen
ByHanByeong-ji
ReporterofNationalSection
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anyouimagineacountrywherewomencannotvotenordrive?SaudiArabiaallowedwomentovotein
2015;therighttodrivecamelastyear.SaudiArabianPrinceMohammedbinSalmansaidthatwomen
shouldnotbeforcedtoweartraditionalclothes,calledAbaya,inaninterviewwiththeU.S.stationCBS
on March 18. Since Mohammed bin Salman is the number one successor of the Saud family in Saudi Arabia,
the remarks were somewhat shocking in Saudi Arabia, an ultra-conservative Islamic state. In this way, even
in countries where most human rights for women are not guaranteed, the world is making efforts to improve
women’srights.Inthisvein,theArguscheckedupwhatwashappeninginoursociety.
Women are also increasingly choosing freedom
Womenaretryingtogetfreedom
from wearing underwear. The bralette, which means
Whydopeoplenotsaytheword‘period’?
a single brassiere of lace or cotton without wires and
Women in Korea have lived without publicly telling
caps, has become very popular. Regardless of chest
stories about their sexuality and body functions,
size, women are beginning to put value on the idea
such as saying “magic” instead of the more casual
that it is beautiful to reveal the shape of the breast
misnomer of ‘period’. Now women are more freely
comfortablyandnaturally.
talkingabouttheirbodies.
More and more channels have begun to talk
Freedomfromresponsibility
about women’s bodies on YouTube. The YouTube
Women have begun to try to be free from the
Channel Dot Face uploads videos related to women’s
obligationsthathadbeenconsideredessentialtothem
masturbationandphysiology.InadditiontoDotFace,
in the past. Previously, women were discriminated
manyrelatedvideosareshowinguponline.
againstinthattheyweredeemedtomarry,givebirth,
anddodomesticworkforthefamily.
However,thesedays,thingsarebeginningtochange
Whyshouldwomencovertheirbreasts?
Women are now trying to escape the redemption
or even out. For example, the proportion of men
of their bodies. It is a movement to change the duty
participating in housework is increasing, and the
of the appearance standards which are thought to be
proportion of women not considering housework to
essentialforwomen,suchasmakeup,tochoose.
be their own work is increasing. Some people even
There are more and more women who enjoy being
choosenottoconceiveachild.
makeup-free, wearing pants instead of suit skirts, or
Further,therearethosewhowanttoremaininano-
wearingglassesinsteadofcontactlenses.
marriage state, like doing a “no-marriage wedding”
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