Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes:

Another interesting piece about South Korea. It is interesting that in amongst all the name calling “sexists”, “misogynists” and the like, there are some familiar problems related to feminist ideology in practice and some that are less familiar.  There is an interesting point that the country’s rapid transition economically and adoption of US political ideas, has magnified the sort of confluence of traditional ideas of male obligations towards women and feminists’ rapid use of that to accumulate privileges for women.

So young Korean men, far from being “patriarchal”, simply observe that they are now posed in direct competition  with their female contemporaries, in a culture that still demands they adopt the responsibilities for males familiar in a very traditional society. Making more acute the similar situation here with a constant stream of “where have all the good men gone?” Where “good” means relatively high earnings and desire to support a spouse and family. The picture in the story gives a reminder of a very stark difference.

For all the privileges of a liberal western society, in South Korea they’re not matched by an absence of some hard male responsibilities for national defence. South Korea faces an immediate threat from the north and China, and has to have national service where huge numbers are actually drafted to serve. A responsibility that both takes young men away from competition at a crucial time and makes it abundantly clear who is in the front line if things go pear-shaped.

Far from being misogynistic, young South Korean men have good reason to be dubious about the claims of equality. For many young men, ”masculine duty” in these circumstances starts to look like a con job – and their reactions will be like those of anybody who feels they’re being duped, and take for a fool.

Picking through the dismissive language, the actual facts may give non-feminists food for thought.

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