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Family life
In general, Korean families are more closely knit than American families. The average family “then and now" in Korea is based on an “extended family” system. It is not uncommon to see a family consisting of grandparents, mother, father, sons and daughters-in-law and their children. The eldest son of each family is expected to get married and bring his wife to live in his home.
Children all over the world are very valuable to parents and society, but in Korea males are more valuable to their parents and to society than females. The men of the family are expected to go out and work and take care of the family, while the females stay in the home to bear children, be servants to their mates and sons, and to take care of the household chores and help out in the fields during the harvest season. Even now, in the 1980’s, in remote areas of Korea this custom applies.
Women in Korea
In major cities, however, the women are getting out of the home and more into the working world. Despite this progress, a young woman with a college education has a very small chance of getting a job that is related to her major in school. If she is lucky enough to get a job, . her salary will be far less than her male co-workers, so the chances of a woman in Korea succeeding in a world of men is far less than the chances of an American woman.
Korean women have a longer way to go than women in America, and one reason for this is the Korean culture. Confucian philosophy is still active in the culture, although to a lesser degree than it was a century ago. The women are supposed to be servants to their husbands and sons. They have no rights and practically
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