masculinity

  • Confucian scholar-official (traditional)
  • Militarized
  • Salary man
  • Family provider
  • “Flower boys”

femininity

  • Neo-Confucian principles
    • Virtuous wife
    • Obedient daughter-in-law
    • Chaste widow
    • Wise mother, good wife
    • Continue patrilineal line by producing a son
  • “Girl culture”
  • Aegyo
  • Submissiveness
  • Purity culture
  • Body image issues
  • Toxic
    • Over-submissiveness
    • Cannot deny sex
    • Normalization of sexual harassment
    • Passive agreement
    • Rejection of anything associated with masculinity
    • Acceptance or normalization of violence

gender division

  • Men: public space
  • Women: private space