I really hate that factoid about South Korea because that abrupt drop experienced by young men was mainly caused legislative elections that took place after a presidential election where the winning candidate promised to reform mandatory military service, but never actually did. While the gender gap is still there, it's way more in line with other countries. Any decent survey of the last presidential election makes it clear that Yoon mainly won thanks to middle-aged Seoul suburbanites turning on the liberals.
I'm not attacking you or anything, obviously this wasn't your fault, and I doubt you could have found out about any of this any way aside from my taking time to tell you in the comments. I'm just irritated that this statistical anomaly is never corrected so even years later its cited as if it were an unchanging fact of South Korean politics. It's too convenient for too many people in the English language to just use sexism as a simple explanation for every bad thing that happens in South Korea instead of interrogating its actual political environment.
I really hate that factoid about South Korea because that abrupt drop experienced by young men was mainly caused legislative elections that took place after a presidential election where the winning candidate promised to reform mandatory military service, but never actually did. While the gender gap is still there, it's way more in line with other countries. Any decent survey of the last presidential election makes it clear that Yoon mainly won thanks to middle-aged Seoul suburbanites turning on the liberals.
I'm not attacking you or anything, obviously this wasn't your fault, and I doubt you could have found out about any of this any way aside from my taking time to tell you in the comments. I'm just irritated that this statistical anomaly is never corrected so even years later its cited as if it were an unchanging fact of South Korean politics. It's too convenient for too many people in the English language to just use sexism as a simple explanation for every bad thing that happens in South Korea instead of interrogating its actual political environment.
A good analysis on masculinity and ongoing changes in dynamics in Pakistan. Both movies are a great watch