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                                                                2018 Global Forum Camp
                                                                    Essay Writing
Topic : A Comparative Study of Women’s Status: Goryeo Dynasty, Joseon Dynasty and Modern Society
Team : 3
Name : Jian-Oh
Student Number : 2-1 10

I found out that the Global Camp which I study topics and make presentations in English with friends who have similar dreams. participated in this camp because I thought it would be helpful for me to share my thoughts and make presentations with my friends who dream of becoming journalists rather than thinking about my dream alone.

I wanted to study women’s right more because I first dreamed of becoming journalist was female human rights of Islam. Furthermore, while considering issues related to Goryeo to commemorate of 1,100 years of the Goryeo Dynasty, the topic of women's rights in Goryeo was chosen. Although I was very interested in women's rights, I knew little about it. I just expected the lives of women has advanced rather than the Joseon Dynasty, but did not know about women’s right during the Goryeo Dynasty and why women’s rights were higher during the Goryeo Dynasty. Through this activity, I wanted to learn various views on women's rights of Goryeo and women's rights of other countries because I think understanding our country’s women's rights is the first priority to understand the human rights of the world. Investigate Goryeo’s women rights, our group had a meeting because we wondered that why women’s rights falls during the Joseon Dynasty, where women’s right is now, and what Feminism is that made noise in Korea. As a result, we have a comparative analysis research activities about women’s social state centering around changing time of Goryeo, Joseon, and Modern Times.

Among them, I check and sum up the news of indicators of modern women's human rights and translate into English. As we know, the human rights of Korean women are not that high. Looking for various articles on discrimination against women, I found that there are many factors that encourage discrimination, such as wages for men and women, job rate differences, and words that discriminate against women. The biggest reason for the wage difference between men and women is unknown, and next is marriage and childbirth that are significantly disadvantageous to women. Thanks to, the a demonstration for the recovery of women's status like Hyehwa station protests and the Me-too movements and Feminism diffuse widespread in our country.

Also, I compared the social status of women of Goryeo and Joseon, and wrote a conclusion and translated it. Goryeo’s women's status was equal to men until the arrival of Neo-confucianism. The Goryeo women was able to remarry, inherit property equally, and have her name listed in the family tree by birth order, in order to avoid discrimination against son. However, the patriarchal culture became stronger with the introduction of Neo-confucianism in the late Goryeo and the readjustment of the marriage system after Joseon’s found. As a result, women were banned from remarrying, were not able to attend the ceremony and were even restricted from acquiring knowledge. Thus, I was able to learn that Neo-confucianism had a very repressive function for women. Currently, women's rights is not too high but is much better that, we should have more interest in the women's rights and get used to Feminism to the public.

Thus, we need to pay more attention to women's rights, and we need to educate others about the relationship between human ethics and Goryeo history, and we need to learn about all female human rights violations in relation to the present. Then, how should the media be covering? Whether to stand on the side of a relatively weak women or deliver the news objectively will be a endless concern. There are voices that media should on women’s side to reform the contradictory social system to promote gender equality because they are discriminated against men. On the other hand, some argue that the media should only deliver facts objectively because it should deliver fair news without being biased. Despite of many women are still discriminated, these days, women require feminism in a radical way, such as womadeu. The homework should be a consideration for not only the current journalists but also everyone dreaming of becoming journalists.