Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Tiger Beer]

http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1208

Male/Female ratios in Asia.. and how Korea is setting the trend to reverse the thinking in other similar Asian countries - China, Vietnam, India, etc.

[Ilsanman]

I have heard this view as well. People say daughters are more dutiful and sons are neglectful.

I also heard a joke about a 'point system' of 2 children.

1. Daughter then a son = 200

2. Son then a daughter = 100

3. Son then a son = 100

4. Daughter then another daughter = 0.

Thr reasoning is that the older daughter can help raise the 'little prince'.

[jvalmer]

There is a teacher in my school that has 3 sons all under the age of 6. He tells me often that he wished that he had 2 daughters and 1 son instead. He just wants the one son to continue his branch and that's all. Otherwise, he thinks most boys are pretty useless.

[oldfatfarang]

Yes, we've all heard this before, "Korea's not like that anymore - Korea's changing). Hmmmmm.

Korea's Confucian culture prefers sons. Period (reasons = traditional ancestor worship rites and sons are parent's prefered pension funds).

If you think attitudes to female abortions are changing (and you work at a public school) ask the Korean teachers who there children are. Invariably you'll see that many Koreans still have a 'miracle' gene that only produces sons.

[Ilsanman]

I have only noticed so in very rich people. I teach some rich kids 1-1 lessons, and many of them have no siblings.

[spliff]

Most rich family's I teach have all sons and they are proud of them. Why not, they are good kids.

[peppermint]

I used to teach a girl, she mentioned having 6 sisters, and then a brother

[RACETRAITOR]

Everyone knows women in this country are harder workers, and do it for less pay than men.

[nicholas_chiasson]