Korea, U.S., Europe...There is Gendered Work All Around!

It matters not what city, town, state, or country; rather, what matters is the prevailing power structure that be. In most societies women are relegated to the bottom of the workforce.  John Lie asserts that the role of women changed drastically from agrarian to patriarchal capitalism.  However, I would like to think differently.  In agrarian patriarchy, there we little room for women's possibilites.  I interpret this to mean that women were essentially invisible and not of concern.  Rather, women were mere objects--house servants.  There was no work for them outside of the house.  While in the patriarchal society, there was this seperation of labor: private vs public sphere.  This meant that women's work was still in the home and men were the breadwinners.  They were the face of the home. The face of the nation, while women were still invisbile.  I mean granted they were noticed for thier work in the home, but this was something they had been doing for years.  There was not much change.  Instead, the division of labor was more pronounced.  But when considering class--the division is much different. The oppression that these women face will rear far different outcomes. What I realized is that the experiences of women in Korea does not differ from other nations.  Perhaps the type of work of that is done, but still they are seen as house servants, a presence not to be represented in larger society.  It is quite disheartening.  The difference lies in how will these women form an uprising.  Will society be receptive?  Will they be hesitant to receive such a message from women?  I know that in America, the women's rights movement was forthright, in that for the first time as a collective, women were standing up for what they believed in opposition to the masculinist forces.  They were not willing to accept no for answer.  I am a woman, which means I am a human being. I deserve what any man deserves!  Now, I do believe that Korean women fought for what they believed. Perhaps, the approach was different, in that the patriarchal nature of Korea  is a bit more different than what is experienced in the U.S. Nevertheless, they are standing up for what they believe. They are refusing to be  silenced.