Korean Women

This is a decade-old depiction of Korean women found in Passport Korea (World Trade Press, 1998).

Author Kevin Keating noted that South Korea holds the title for the Asian country most averse to female bosses and paying women what their male counterparts are paid.

"Whatever power Korean women have is more likely to stem from their families or husbands' high social standing than from their own personal, occupational or professional standing."

Keating also added that Korea remains a male-dominated society where women help men put on their coats, let men go through doors first, and in general are expected to play supportive roles as "whatever a women does publicly has to make men look good."

Only through hard work and a great deal of time spent proving herself can a woman hope to be treated as an equal. Still, they must be on guard "not to upset males egos."