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[–] 74 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

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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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    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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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It very literally is, in South Korea's case.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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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