• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Here in South Korea - Both the liberal and conservative party are very conservative. It wasn’t until 10-15 years ago that women could even be the “leader” of the house. So the delta in conservative/liberal is more likely to do with economic/war policies with the North than much else (since men get conscripted, and North policies is one of the key differentiators between the 2 parties)

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      9 months ago

      South Korea also has one of the biggest anti-feminism movements in the world. They just eliminated the gender ministry and rolled back protections for women. Not coincidentally, South Korea is Jordan Peterson’s biggest audience outside the US.

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        The translation of “gender ministry” is completely misleading, I don’t know why they made it that in English because that’s not what it is. In Korean it’s “여성가족부” which means “Woman’s family department”

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      Wouldn’t it be men making the decision on conscription policies though? A more liberal / less sexist government would be more likely to bin that.

      The key difference I tend to see between men and women’s issues is that men’s issues are often caused by other men in power. Feminism, ironically enough, can also help with a lot of problems disenfranchised men have.

      Sorry I’m rambling a bit.

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        9 months ago

        Sooooo yes, everything you said is correct, but there’s a missing piece of context: binning the military would mean binning South Korea as we know it, so nobody (liberal or conservative) is in favor of binning it. The lines are much more murky.

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          Binning a sexist conscription system is not anything close to “binning the military”

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              How so?

              Beginning to conscript women as well as men does not equate to abolishing the military, or am I missing something?

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                9 months ago

                They could conscript women, but you can imagine how hard it would be for that legislation to pass.

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                What? Do you want half the army shopping for new shoes to wear in the trenches while the other half has to wait for them at the shopping mall fountain?

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      9 months ago

      right. Korean politics seem to come down to “aid vs embargo”. moon jae in was on the aid side, right? I haven’t followed the current prez, what’s their deal?