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2019 Winter Personal Essay

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2018 Summer Personal Essay

This time our school organized one lecture to celebrate 1100 years of Goryeo. However I did not understand the lecture because I have not been studying Korean history for a long time, because of my interest in Science courses.

So I was ashamed of myself for being ignorant of history, and I wanted to know about history. And because I live in Ganghwa Island, which is closely connected with the Goryeo Dynasty, I thought I should know more about the history of Goryeo. Also, I really wanted to participate this opportunity because I never participated in the global camp when I was in the first grade, and because the theme of this global camp was related to the 1,100 years of Goryeo. And I joined the global camp because I want to research more about my favorite field.

I chose the theme ' Goryeo and Women. Because of 'Gangnam station murder' and 'Hyehwa Station protest' got interested in feminism. Women have been living under physical and mental oppression for a long time and that is a problem. A lot of people wanted to know the meaning of feminism but sometimes people think differently. But feminism is never a sport that doesn't become harmful to society. Key to the women's rights and equal opportunities in the definition of feminism in which encompasses the various forms of social and political movements and theories. Society's wrong structure and perception of women will surely change. Therefore, I also chose this topic to help promote women's rights. Also, my dream is broadcasting PDAs and I want to change these social conflicts and people's perception by broadcasting. I want to solve our social problems by correcting them and broadcasting the right ones. I had no idea of the lives of women from the Goryeo and Joseon periods. During the Joseon Dynasty, women would not have dreamed of entering society, and I knew only that they had to follow their husbands. Also, it is really hard to find a woman among great men in history books. Therefore, no matter how talented women were, they could not spread their talents. Also, there would be no freedom for women because of serious discrimination between men and women. Based on this topic, the data revealed a new look of women from the Goryeo Dynasty. Surprisingly, during the Goryeo Dynasty, women had the same status as men. She was guaranteed free time to ride horses when she went out. In the Goryeo Dynasty, it was common for men to be married and women to marry again freely. In addition, they did not discriminate against their sons or daughters by birth order when they were listed in their family tree. In the Joseon Dynasty, women were not allowed to freely act outside and have limited knowledge. After her marriage, she had to go into her in-laws ' family and live with them. Even the son of a married woman forced loyalty from a woman by banning her from entering government service. When comparing Goryeo and Joseon, Confucianism played a very repressive function for women. Although women from Goryeo had an advantage over women from the Joseon Dynasty, that does not mean that the status of women from Goryeo was high. Pre-modern women had no operational scope but their homes. In this respect, we can see that the status of women in modern society has risen considerably compared to that of women in the past. But that doesn't mean that women's human rights are guaranteed at the moment. Through this activity, it was possible to know and compare the women of Goryeo and Joseon periods with the women of today.

As an assistant leader of Team 3, I researched the lives of women during the Joseon Dynasty and translated the status of women during the Joseon Dynasty.

I will be interested in human rights through this global camp and through this research, Furthermore, I hope that those who read this study will realize the link between human ethics and history, and combine it with reality to learn about the human rights abuses committed around us.