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EDITOR’S LETTER
Hello. The third NEWS HERLIVERY of May is REPORT EDITION. My name is Editor Oh Jin-dal-rae. In this issue, we also bring you articles related to women with depth and perspective.
After Kim Ji-eun, a victim of sexual assault by former South Chungcheong Province Governor Ahn Hee-jung, partially won her lawsuit for damages, she signaled her intention to appeal, saying, “I will fight until the end.” We looked into the reality of the legal profession, where a market for representing perpetrators has been formed amid a flood of counter-accusations of sexual violence. Last week, in relation to BBC NEWS Korea's documentary 'Burning Sun: Stories of women who exposed K-pop stars' secret chat rooms', we pointed out the differences between domestic media and BBC reporting. Although eight years have passed since the Gangnam Station misogynistic murder incident, we looked at the domestic reality in which the concept of misogynistic crime has not yet been established.
‘Women’s labor expert’ Joanne Williams, professor emeritus at the University of California, diagnosed that the solution to Korea’s ultra-low birth rate is ‘resolving discrimination.’ She looked into the value of a ‘Corporate Wife’ through the divorce lawsuit between Noh So-young, director of the Butterfly Art Center, and SK Chairman Choi Tae-won. We looked at the meaning of ‘legal family’ through the case of a female/queer couple registering an overseas marriage. We bring to you the achievements of female conductors who are breaking down the glass ceiling in the field of conducting.
We learned about the double whammy that female stunt actors face while performing action scenes on set. Last March, we pointed out the problem of promotional materials provided to female and male reporters in the sports field being written from a sexist perspective, and this time we pointed out sexist prejudice against female sports fans. We reconsidered the male-dominated nature of the K-Pop industry and the negative evaluation of female leaders, as reported by ADOR CEO Hee-jin Min. We looked back at the broadcasting industry's narrow view of divorced and unmarried women through two female actors, Go Hyun-jung and Choi Hwa-jeong, who recently opened YouTube channels. We have also prepared an interview with author Seo I-re, who is expanding the world of women's narratives in webtoons.
I hope that the women's news provided by HERLIVERY will help you look at women, their image, and the women's agenda from a new perspective, and I will greet you again with more diverse and in-depth articles in the next letter. Thank you.
- Best Wishes, Editor Oh Jin-dal-rae
Kim Ji-eun, who won the case, said, “I will fight until the end against unrepentant perpetrator Ahn Hee-jung.”
By Lee Hana, Women News, 24.05.24
Kim Ji-eun, a victim of sexual assault by former South Chungcheong Province Governor Ahn Hee-jung, partially won a lawsuit seeking damages on the 24th and expressed her intention to appeal, saying, “I will fight until the end.”
Immediately after the first trial verdict on this day, Ms. Kim presented his position on the outcome of the lawsuit through the Korea Sexual Violence Counseling Center.
“It took a long time,” she said. “I hoped that the civil lawsuit would provide a little hope to many people who have been victims of sexual violence but have not been able to get back the time of pain.”
This court ruling came four years after Ms. Kim filed a lawsuit in July 2020, holding Mr. Ahn responsible for secondary offenses such as sexual crimes and comments, and Chungcheongnam-do Province for responsibility for crimes that occurred while performing his duties.
Ms. Kim continued, “I think it is meaningful that the court acknowledged Ahn Hee-jung’s responsibility as well as the faults of the provincial office and those around her,” but added, “Nevertheless, I feel sorry for the current reality where there is still a long way to go.”
She then emphasized, “I will take a meaningful step forward by fighting to the end against the perpetrator, Ahn Hee-jung, who has not yet reflected, the South Chungcheong Provincial Office, and the secondary perpetrators.” “I sincerely ask you to continue to be with me in the future,” she appealed.
On this day, the Seoul Central District Court's Civil Agreement Division 22 (Chief Judge Choi Wook-jin) ruled in favor of some of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by Ms. Kim against Mr. Ahn and South Chungcheong Province, claiming damages worth 300 million won.
On this day, the court ruled, “We acknowledge Ahn Hee-jung’s sexual assault crimes, including harassment by force during work, and his responsibility for compensation,” and ruled, “Ahn Hee-jung must pay 83.47 million won, and South Chungcheong Province must jointly pay 53 million won of this money with Ahn Hee-jung.”
The court also acknowledged the responsibility of Ahn's former spouse, Ms. Min, for aiding and abetting secondary harm, including slandering the victim by distributing the medical certificate submitted by the victim at the trial on personal social networking services (SNS).
Flood of counter-accusations of sexual assault... A market has been formed for the defense of perpetrators.
By Park Joo-yeon, feminist journal Ilda, 24.05.03
You might think that the law stands on the side of the weak and the truth, but even the ‘legal market’ could not avoid neoliberal competition. Eun-ju (pseudonym), a 14-year lawyer who appears in the book, says, “(While the number of lawyers is increasing), in a situation where livelihoods are gradually becoming less guaranteed, the ethics of lawyers are not considered important.” “Things like ethics as professionals and lawyers have become quite ridiculous,” and rather, “the mindset that lawyers are just merchants has become stronger.”
In a situation where lawyers also had to make money through advertising, the ‘sexual crime area’ was the target of advertising. This is because “in the areas of divorce and sexual crimes, people tend to look for lawyers they don’t know anything about because they are ‘embarrassed to talk about it to people they know.’” In the industry that had been attracting customers through advertisements, “so-called ‘sex crime corporations’ appeared.” They emphasize their ‘expertise’ and “promote reductions in sentences for perpetrators and strategies for winning cases by teaching them ‘as if they were first-time instructors.’” The problem is that this promotion “even leads to false advertising.” Those who continue to promote “even though it is a matter that will not go to criminal trial, by telling lies that they will prevent it from going to trial,” are growing through “sexual violence, which has become a ‘hot field’ due to the MeToo movement.”
The success of this type of ‘sexual crime specialist’ is “expanding to aggressive marketing and sales methods.” The author points out that “the representative aspect is counter-accusation of sexual violence.”
To the extent that counter-complaints against sex crime victims are “assumed as a ‘package,’” lawyers plan and propose multiple counter-complaints to perpetrators/suspects. In the process, “offenders who lack legal knowledge” have no choice but to accept the case because “it is difficult to carefully examine the meaning of the lawyer’s proposal and it is not easy to refuse such a proposal.” Sometimes, “some perpetrators are unaware that they have counter-accused the victim of a false accusation.”
In this situation, it seems that the legal market should be viewed as being on the side of their material interests, not on the side of the victim or the perpetrator. It begs the question, where has the law that went by the name ‘justice’ gone?
Meanwhile, the author also points out the influence of ‘strict punishment of offenders’ in the process of forming the current legal market. “As the discourse on human rights and personal rights of perpetrators has emerged due to the backlash against legislation and amendments that were carried out without reflecting on the structure of sexual violence culture or gender power, paternalism that excessively harsh punishments and additional measures may infringe on the human rights of perpetrators has also emerged. The analysis is, “It has been done.”
The lawyers who appear in the book say, “The strengthening of sentences and additional punishments for sexual violence perpetrators has ‘opened the market for perpetrators,’ and the court’s judgment standards seem to be applied ‘rather more conservatively to victims.’” Offenders choose to “fight fiercely” out of fear of becoming criminals and going to jail, having their personal information registered, or being restricted from employment. He “emphasizes that he is not a bad perpetrator” and tries to “even more desperately deny or minimize his abusive behavior.” Therefore, the importance of lawyers is strengthened.
What is different about ‘BBC Burning Sun Documentary’?
By Jeong Jihye, Press Association News, 24.05.28
I watched BBC News Korea’s documentary ‘Burning Sun: The stories of women who exposed the secret chat rooms of K-pop stars’, which became a hot topic online over the past week. The video reexamines the so-called ‘Burning Sun Gate’, which hit Korean society five years ago, in line with the release period of the perpetrators. It was impressive that it did not just treat it as a shocking incident that happened several years ago, but dealt a serious blow to a problem that is still ‘ongoing.’ Above all, it was powerful enough because it clearly revealed that the core of the Burning Sun incident was deep-rooted misogyny.
The question that never left my mind while watching the video was, ‘Why is it difficult to see reports like this in Korean media?’ The primary responsibility lies with the media, but the public is also not free. In Korea, both media producers and audiences lacked a consensus to view the Burning Sun incident seriously as a misogynistic crime or as a structural problem that needs to be improved, so ‘direct content’ like this one was lost to foreign media. (syncopation)
Then and now, Korean media articles covering the Burning Sun incident barely touch the essence of misogyny. There is no sincerity or responsibility. It only shows a tendency to incite fear in the female community by depicting gruesome damage, and to treat reports of sexual crimes as just another form of sensational content. This all puts unspoken pressure on the female group and results in them shrinking. After the BBC documentary, a flurry of articles condemned the perpetrators and reported on the victims' testimonies, but they were merely written off as if they had been waiting for foreign media reports to come out.
As seen in the subtitle, the BBC's report focused on the ‘stories of women’ who tracked, reported, and testified about the Burning Sun issue. This documentary precisely targets the essence of misogynistic crimes. This is so in the sense that women’s courage and solidarity exposed to the world ‘men’s crimes against women’, which were not necessarily noticed by the male-dominated society. In the process, the crucial information of the late singer Goo Hara, who said that she could not remain silent because she was also a victim of illegal filming, was newly revealed. Isn't the existence of these women the only meaning and hope we can find at Burning Sun Gate?
Eight years have passed since the ‘Gangnam Station Murder Case’… A ‘misogynistic crime’ that failed to even establish a ‘concept’
By Bae Si-eun · Oh Dongwook, Kyunghyang Shinmun, 24.05.21
On May 17, 2016, a woman was murdered in a bathroom near Gangnam Station. During her investigation, the male perpetrator said that his motive for the crime was “I was usually ignored by women,” raising awareness and interest in her misogynistic crimes. The police and prosecutors refused to define this case as a misogynistic crime and stated that it was a crime caused by the victim's mental illness, sparking backlash from the women's community. This led to growing voices calling for increased awareness of violence targeting women and improvement of the system.
However, eight years after the Gangnam Station murder case, similar misogynistic crimes are still happening everywhere. A representative example is the ‘Convenience Store Short Hair Woman Assault Case’, in which a woman working at a convenience store in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, was assaulted last year, saying, “Feminists should be beaten.”
This incident was shocking in that it indiscriminately attacked a woman who bore no grudges, but it also showed the reality that protection measures for victims of misogynistic incidents are still inadequate. The victim in this case was not provided with a public defender because she was not a victim of a crime of violence against women as defined in the ‘Act on the Prevention of Violence Against Women.’ This is because the law narrowly defines support targets as victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, prostitution, and sexual harassment. (syncopation)
The Gangnam Station murder case sparked discussions in academia and civil society about how to define misogynistic crimes. However, it did not lead to the establishment of legal and institutional concepts. The police have not yet separately counted crimes motivated by misogyny. This is because the legal definition of misogyny is not clear. Heo Min-sook, a legislative researcher at the National Assembly Legislative Research Service, said, “Because there is no clear diagnosis of misogyny, no countermeasures have been developed,” and added, “It is necessary to broadly define various violence committed against women as misogynistic crimes as misogynistic crimes.”
“Korea is completely ruined. and!" Professor speaks out, the solution is ‘resolution of discrimination’
By Lee Se-ah, Women News, 24.05.26
“Compared to member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the culture of long working hours and the definition of an ideal worker as being devoted to the workplace are acting as obstacles to resolving Korea’s low birth rate issue.”
This is the diagnosis of ‘women’s labor expert’ Joanne Williams (72), professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Law.
He is one of the most influential legal scholars in the United States. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and has been researching work-family balance and flexible work policies for approximately 25 years. “South Korea is completely screwed,” she said of Korea’s total fertility rate (0.78 as of 2022). He also became famous in Korea after an EBS interview in 2023 in which he said, “Wow!”
Professor Williams evaluated Korea's childcare and care support system as being well-equipped at the 'In-Depth Analysis of Korea's Extremely Low Birth Rate Phenomenon' seminar held by the Korea Women's Policy Institute at the International Conference Hall of the Korea Women's Policy Institute on the afternoon of the 24th.
However, she analyzed that the long working hours of Korean companies and the workplace culture that considers staying late and working late without taking leave as ‘ideal’, regardless of actual labor productivity, are holding back people.
She said that the perception of childcare and care as ‘women’s work’ should also be changed. Professor Williams also observed, “In Korea, childbirth tends to be considered a woman’s problem, and childrearing and care at home are defined as primarily the responsibility of the female spouse.”
As a solution, she suggested eliminating discrimination against women who use parental leave, activating alternative employment based on parental leave, encouraging both male and female parents to use leave, and introducing a flexible work system and reducing working hours.
‘How much is a corporate wife worth?’
By Jang Younghee, Women News, 24.05.23
“I kept the family fire burning, raised my family, and became the CEO of my family's company. She complemented this by maintaining a home environment that allowed her husband to go out and do what he was good at, and by fostering social and emotional bonds (with stakeholders in her husband's business). “I am entitled to 50% of this partnership.”
These are the words of American woman Lorna Wendt. Lorna married Gary Wendt in 1965 and she gave birth to and raised two daughters. She quit her job before the birth of her first daughter and was a full-time housewife, taking on household chores and child care. She also actively assisted her husband in his business activities, including events, entertainment, and accompanying business trips and conferences.
Lorna, who had been married to her businessman husband for 32 years, was unexpectedly asked for a divorce. In 1997, her husband, then CEO of GE Capital, gave her 10% of his fortune ($8 million in cash, etc.) as her divorce settlement. Lorna was furious and filed her lawsuit demanding exactly half of her husband's assets. She described herself as a ‘Corporate Wife’ who supported her husband in all his affairs. The American economic magazine Fortune featured Lorna Wendt on its cover and titled it this way in February 1998. ‘What’s A Corporate Wife Worth?’
Now, 20 years after this incident, a similar case is underway in Korea. It is the ‘Choi Tae-won and Noh So-young lawsuit’ with unwelcome modifiers such as ‘divorce of the century’. (syncopation)
This is consistent with what Director Noh So-young claimed in an interview with <The Law Newspaper> in January last year after the first trial verdict. The relevant parts are summarized as follows. ‘We started as partners sharing dreams and visions for the future. After getting married in 1988, she gave birth to three children and raised them, with her taking care of the children and helping the house, and her husband running the business. Even when her husband was arrested and her company was in crisis, she never left his side. She kept her home for 34 years. She earnestly hopes that the judiciary will protect the value of women’s support and the irreplaceable value of the family.’
“The two are divorcing. The plaintiff (Choi Tae-won) must pay the defendant (Noh So-young) 100 million won in alimony and 66.5 billion won in property division.” This is the gist of the Seoul Family Court's first trial ruling, and it can be seen that Director So-young Noh won the case because the court recognized that the other party was the at-fault spouse and the amount of property division was the largest among divorce property division cases whose value was known to date. .
Nevertheless, Director Noh appealed last year. She expressed her anger, saying that the fact that only 1.2% of her husband's property worth nearly 5 trillion won was divided was a complete denial of the value of her own life and the meaning of women as social beings. This is because the first trial court did not recognize the request for division of 50% of SK Co., Ltd., the largest of Chairman Choi's assets, as a subject for division (common property), saying it was Chairman Choi's unique property.
Cross-border marriage registration: Overseas marriage registration for female/queer couples and becoming a ‘legal family’
By Lany, Feminist research webzine Fwd, 24.05.16
In Korean society, marriage is considered the most ‘universal’ and ‘ideal’ way to legally, socially, and economically unite the sexual relationship between two people. The state guarantees rights such as the right to make medical decisions, property rights, and the right to benefit from the social security system based on legal marriage. In addition, various social and cultural meanings attached to marriage, such as ‘sense of solidarity,’ ‘responsibility,’ ‘living community,’ and ‘family relationships based on love,’ are shared within a society and have the effect of explaining the relationship. In interviews, research participants explained their desire to start a family with someone of their choice and their desire to create a family relationship in which their rights are guaranteed by the law and the system. Some research participants said that although marriage is not necessarily the best option, they chose it as a way to make their unstable status in the current family system more stable.
Marriage consists of various activities such as wedding ceremonies, cohabitation, and wedding photography. Among these rites, overseas marriage registration differs from other marriage rites in that it is a legal procedure in which the state intervenes. Each situation is slightly different, such as preparing to immigrate with a spouse, having a wedding but wanting a more 'official and binding' relationship, or wanting to create indirect evidence in case a legal dispute arises due to determining the authenticity of the will after death. Marriage registration is an act of leaving a 'legal document' through the laws of another country. (syncopation)
Marriage certificates for female/queer couples issued overseas lose their legal validity the moment they enter the country. In other words, even if you have this marriage certificate, you are not given the legal rights guaranteed to married couples in Korea. However, a marriage certificate can be used as a basis for recognizing a couple as a ‘couple’ in areas where the force of law does not reach, or it can bring about social recognition of the relationship between two people in that it is a ‘marriage legally approved by the state.’ For example, based on a marriage certificate, airlines may ask the company to add up family mileage or grant family congratulatory or condolence leave.
The story of Jae-eun, who registered her marriage in Canada and returned to Korea to get married, clearly shows how registering an overseas marriage without legal effect brings about social recognition of the relationship. Jae-eun filmed her vows ceremony in Canada and took the time to watch it with her guests at her wedding. The Canadian officiator’s declaration of “legally married” echoed at Jae-eun’s wedding hall in Korea.
She said, “I thought it was a good thing that I went to Canada and filmed a proper legal wedding there, edited it into a video, and showed it. (…) The officiant even spoke very clearly. You very skillfully declared that you are a legally married couple, but this is really necessary. Because people just don't think it's real. But after seeing it in person, my thoughts change a lot. (…) I think I now know more that they are a real couple (…)”_Yunju
Legally married. Strictly speaking, this term refers to a marital relationship under Canadian law, and under domestic law, they are still unmarried. However, one word from the officiant in this video confirms to the Korean wedding guests that Jae-eun couple is a ‘real, real couple.’
Breaking down the 'wall of conductor gender discrimination'...female guest and assistant conductors are coming
By Kim Soyeon, Hankook Ilbo, 24.05.29
#. The New York Metropolitan Opera's schedule from April 19th to 26th was a hot topic in the world music world. All performances for a week were led by four female conductors. Oksana Liniou (46) from Ukraine, Speranza Scappucci (51) from Italy, American conductor Marin Alsop (68), and Chinese-American Xian Zhang (51). In the 141-year history of the Met Opera, only 14 female conductors have reached the podium.
#. The Austrian Vienna Philharmonic, with its 142-year history, did not provide opportunities to women, with Australian Simone Young (63) becoming the first female conductor only in 2005. The recently released performance program for 2024-2025 includes a guest conducting schedule for May next year by Lithuanian female conductor Mirga Gracinite Tila (38).
The rate of collapse of the glass ceiling in the command field has accelerated recently. The number of female conductors serving as guest or assistant conductors in major orchestras and opera companies around the world has increased significantly. Guest and assistant conductors become permanent conductors if they work well with the performers and are recognized for their qualifications and personality, so they are potential leaders in breaking down gender discrimination. We looked at the aspects of female conductors who are attracting attention.
Alsop is a pioneer along with Simone Young, chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia. She held many 'firsts', including the first woman to record a Mahler symphony. In 2007, she was appointed music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the United States, where she received attention as the first female permanent conductor of a major American orchestra. Starting from the 2024-2025 season, she will lead the Philadelphia Orchestra in the United States as principal guest conductor.
Liniou, who conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in Korea last year, is the first female conductor to conduct at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. Scappucci will serve as principal guest conductor of the Royal Opera in London, England, starting from the 2025-2026 season. Making her Royal Opera debut in Verdi's 'Attila' in 2022, she begins her tenure with incoming music director Jakub Hrusha. Xian Zhang is the first female conductor to conduct the Staatskapelle in Dresden, Germany in 2008. She served as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic in the United States and serves as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
The tight-fitting ‘female hero’ clothes, the ‘stuntwoman’ body protected by a thin silicone patch.
By Kim Hansol, Kyunghyang Shinmun, 24.05.29
When did female stunt actors first appear? It's often easy to think that stunt work has been done only by men for a long time, and that it wasn't long ago that stuntwomen appeared. However, if you look at early Hollywood movies, there are many women who perform much more intense action scenes than they do now. In some movies made in the 1880s, there is a stuntwoman who jumps into a chariot while riding a horse without any safety equipment.
The documentary features several interviewees, from young stuntwomen to now retired performers. One of the main interviewees, Ginny Epper, served as a stunt double for lead character Lynda Carter in the 1970s TV series Wonder Woman.
Stunts involve running, jumping, crashing, flying, twisting and bending. It's dangerous for both women and men. However, stuntwomen also experience hardships that stuntmen do not. It's a costume. Remember when actress Elizabeth Olsen, who plays superhero Scarlet Witch in Marvel's 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, complained about her own costume? He said in one of her interviews that he wanted to change her own outfits, which were as tight as her corset and overly highlighted her breasts. This is a similar issue that has been raised every time other female superheroes such as Scarlet Witch, Wonder Woman, and Black Widow appear. These costumes are also a threat to stuntwomen. You can't put protective gear in those clothes.
Hannah Betts is a stuntwoman who has appeared in numerous action films, including <Jurassic Park>, <Captain Marvel>, and <Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.>. The protective equipment he showed her to wear on her body during filming was a thin silicone patch. It is difficult to put more protective gear than this into the tight costumes worn by female protagonists in action movies. It is clearly different from stuntmen who wear long sleeves, long pants and all kinds of protective gear to protect their bodies. There are many cases where you have to run while wearing ‘high heels.’
63% of those highly involved in sports are women... ‘Idiot’ prejudice prevents fans from entering
By Jeong In-seon, Hankyoreh, 24.05.17
The rapid growth of the female population who enjoys watching sports is also confirmed by numbers. According to the '2023 Professional Sports Audience Propensity Survey Report' published by the Korea Professional Sports Association last month, among the 25,000 professional sports fans surveyed last year, the proportion of women was 57.1%, more than half, and the proportion of high-involvement fans (the last season of the league in which they were interested) was female. When narrowing the target to 14,599 (respondents who knew all the players of the winning team and the cheering team and had their uniforms), the proportion of women reached 62.6%.
Looking at each sport, the proportion of female highly involved fans is higher than that of males in professional baseball (63.8%), men's professional basketball (78.4%), women's professional basketball (67.6%), men's professional volleyball (81.0%), and women's professional volleyball (70.3%). It was high. The proportion of highly involved female fans in professional soccer K-League 1 was 38%. An official from a professional sports team said, “The influx of female fans will lead to an increase in family attendance and consumption of food and beverages in the stadium, which is a welcome event for the clubs.” (syncopation)
The female fan base is increasing, but the male-centered culture of the viewing and cheering community and prejudice against women are preventing more people from accessing professional sports. The biggest prejudice against female fans is clearly revealed in their treatment of female fans as so-called “ignorant idiots,” who “don’t know much about sports and only like players by looking at their faces.”
Kim So-young (32), who has enjoyed watching domestic and foreign professional soccer since middle school and now works at a sports-related company, said, “I have been watching English Premier League (EPL) games since 2005 when Lee Young-pyo joined Tottenham, and I said, ‘I like Tottenham because of Son Heung-min. “I still often hear things like, ‘Are you going to the K-League to do well with a good-looking player?’” he said. Mr. Kim added, “There are many cases where I ask detailed soccer-related questions as if to verify, ‘Do you even know these things?’”
Before you point your finger and say that this woman is unusual
By Yeon Hyewon, Hankyoreh 21, 24.05.10
Min Hee-jin was evaluated as a competent planner, but was also criticized as a ‘narcissist.’ This public image was revealed in a Hive document before the press conference when it was alleged that Min Hee-jin had made a statement saying, “Other idols have come this far by imitating mine,” a device that rapidly worsened public opinion about Min Hee-jin. It was done. People have been raving about Min Hee Jin's originality for some time now. Nevertheless, she thought that Min Hee-jin really shouldn't make an issue of it. Because that is K-pop, and K-pop is an ‘industry’ not ‘art’.
Min Hee-jin is not the only person in the K-pop industry to advocate for originality. Her managers included Yang Hyun-suk and Park Jin-young, and her representative idol group was G-Dragon. Yet, why does Min Hee-jin’s character feel particularly unique, and why is she still treated as ‘precarious’ in the K-pop industry despite her long career and countless successes? People seem to be trying to find the reason in the personal character of Min Hee-jin. Even before the press conference, Min Hee-jin was a person with many speculations that she was ‘a difficult person to work with because of her strange personality.’
This speculative story makes it feel like the crisis and precariousness that Min Hee-jin experiences are all her own self-destruction. Hive also took full advantage of Min Hee-jin's public image in this incident. However, the point we need to note here is that Min Hee-jin is not only the 'only' woman currently receiving an annual salary of more than 500 million won from the four major entertainment companies in the K-pop industry, but also that no male creator who has claimed originality in the K-pop industry so far is facing a crisis due to his uniqueness. The fact is that it has never been considered a factor to be left out.
There is an interesting study on gender differences in CEOs who are considered narcissistic (CEOs with excessive confidence in their own abilities). When a male CEO is narcissistic, it is perceived as charisma, but when a female CEO is narcissistic, it is evaluated negatively. Narcissistic female CEOs are evaluated more negatively than narcissistic male CEOs, even though, unlike male narcissistic CEOs, they do not engage in unethical business practices. This is because assertive men are perceived as demanding and entitled, while similarly assertive women are seen as hysterical, out of control, and too “emotional.” This is the result of sexist stereotypes. Min Hee-jin's actions make her appear to be a narcissist, but this study shows that even if CEO Min Hee-jin is really a narcissist, excessive negative evaluations of her are inevitably the result of sexist prejudice.
Go Hyun-jung and Choi Hwa-jung cried and started YouTube...'This' that wasn't present in 'male-centered' broadcasts
By Nam Bora, Hankook Ilbo, 24.05.22
#. Actress Go Hyun-jung opened a YouTube channel in the middle of this month to share her daily life. The 35-year-old actor, who was considered a byword for a ‘mystical actor,’ began communicating directly with fans. What moved him was none other than the comments. He appeared on singer Jeong Jae-hyung's YouTube talk show 'Fairy Table' last January, and there were more than 10,000 comments reminiscing about warm anecdotes with Go Hyun-jung or cheering him on. Go Hyun-jung said this while crying in the first video of her channel. “I’ve never heard such good things about going anywhere (on broadcast). I cried after hearing so many good words (comments). (In the meantime) I only heard a lot of really bad things. “The misunderstanding that ‘Oh, not everyone hates me’ has been resolved.”
#. Actress Choi Hwa-jeong started her YouTube broadcast earlier this month after a year of contemplation. It was also the supportive comments that put an end to her worries. In a video he appeared on Hong Jin-kyung's YouTube channel 'Study King Genius' last year, comments such as "A person who knows what he likes must shine like this" and "I want to grow old like that" were posted. Choi Hwa-jeong recently said on her YouTube channel, "I almost cried (when I saw the comments). What kind of comments are this good? There were only things like 'die' and 'pretend to be pretty', and then (seeing the good comments) I was so happy." (syncopation)
The beginning of change was the ‘perspective’ of looking at actors. ‘Fairy Table’, a talk show that came out 15 years after Go Hyun-jung appeared on MBC’s entertainment program ‘Knee Drop Guru’ in 2009, carefully looked back on her path as an actress. Regarding the rumors related to Go Hyun-jung, host Jeong Jae-hyung said, “I apologize for saying ‘Oh, you did that?’ after hearing the gossip (about you). “If I were to guess how you felt, I shouldn’t have even laughed at that time,” he apologized. It was a sensitivity suited to the new era, keenly aware of the fact that even innocuous response and neglect can be hurtful to the person involved in the rumor. Thanks to this, Go Hyun-jung was able to heal and viewers were able to awaken.
The ‘knee-jerk expert’ only focused on ‘actress rumors’ by pouring out rude questions to Go Hyun-jung, who had already divorced six years ago at the time, such as ‘How was your first meeting with her ex-husband?’ and ‘Would you still get married even if you were born again?’ At a time when male-centered perspectives were dominant, it was a way for broadcasters to consume female actors who broke away from the framework of patriarchy.
Choi Hwa-jung, who is not married to her, also had to repeatedly explain her sexual identity and rumors about her relationship on her broadcasts. However, the more it happened, the more the rumors spread about her, and they even covered her ability as an actress and her human charm. Deok-hyeon Jeong, a pop culture critic, said, “YouTube talk shows take a more honest approach than the way broadcasters consume celebrities,” and added, “Jeong Jae-hyung’s apology for supporting the rumor is also a good approach.”
There are no taboos, I write when I feel like it. <Jeongnyeon><Lana> written by Seo I-re
Most of the main speakers in her stories are women. From ‘Hye’ and ‘Yeongbi’ in <Girls’ Journey> to ‘Seolgyeong’ in <Lana>, ‘Rana’ in <Lana>, and ‘Jeongnyeon’ in <Jeongnyeon>, the women all lead the story with independence in their own lives. . When I asked her what prompted her to write ‘women’s stories,’ she said, as if it were something new, ‘I think it was innate.’ From elementary school, when she first went to an all-girls middle school, she was shocked to see that all of her class officers were women, and ever since she graduated from an all-girls high school and a women's college, she has been in that world ever since. She said, “Female characters are not strange or special to me. It's so obvious. “Rather than saying, ‘We should plan it this way,’ I think they are just characters I like.” Her characters touch the hearts of readers. Not just anyone can create the characters she creates. Her characters, whom I love, travel to every corner of the world that makes up them, rebelling against the times and the roles they have been given as fate. (syncopation)
Author Seo I-re chose ‘Doaeng’ as the character who most resembles her in <Jeongnyeon>. Doaeng is a character who was born smart into her wealthy family and grows up to be an elite. Because her ego as ‘her father’s daughter’ is strong, she lets the misogyny within her torment her. “I felt like she looked a lot like me when I was just starting out in college,” she said. She creates original yet relatable characters by breaking down aspects of her past. She treats each and every character she creates humanely. Even when she was first planning her retirement, she thought about the characters. When she could imagine the character in her thoughts sitting on a chair next to her, she said, 'She became the character. ' she felt. She said, “I can imagine Jeongnyeon sitting next to her. “I think that’s enough.”
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