The Korean society is traditionally patriarchal, in which women tend to stay at home and take care of the family. There is also a belief that women should be obedient to their husbands because men are the provider for the family. This idea has been deeply embedded in the Korean society for a long period of time that sexism continues to remain in modern society. According to The Economist, working women earn 63% of what men earn. They also face social pressure to quit when they have children, making it hard to stay on the career fast track. Yet these disadvantages opened new doors for the younger generation of women, where foreign multinationals are recruiting large numbers of educated Korean women in their workplaces. Additionally, marriage and fertility rates have decreased significantly, which may increase the chance of women employment in the future.
Because Korean elders are unaccustomed to working females, there has been some conflict between the older and younger generations. Elders prefer that their daughters get married and raise a family, while the daughters seek to find work and live a successful and independent life. However, many elders are now helping their working daughters with raising children and with house chores, which in turn, brought elders closer to family.
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