In the Shadow of Working Men: Gendered Labor and Migrant Rights in South Korea

Choo, Hae Yeon

doi:10.1007/s11133-016-9332-9

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“…Within the context of multicultural families in Korea, previous studies have predominantly focused on the struggles and health of migrant workers and their families (Choo, 2016;Chun & Lee, 2017;Kim, 2009;Kwak, 2019), undocumented migrant workers (Choo, 2016), marriage migrant women (Amer, 2006;Obounou & Mpelega, 2017) and their families (Chung, 2010;Im et al, 2014;Kim, 2016a;Kim & Won, 2015;Lee & Kim, 2014;Lee et al, 2006). Likewise, numerous studies have been conducted on the multicultural children and adolescents growing up in Korea (Bahk et al, 2017;Cho & Moon, 2012;Kim, 2016b;Kim et al, 2018;Lee et al, 2019;Park & Lee, 2016).…”

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The Perceived Challenges of Anglophone Expatriate Male Spouses Living in South Korea: A Qualitative Case Study

Jung

2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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The rapid increase in globalization has changed the social dynamics of many countries around the world. This has especially been the case for the Republic of Korea. In this qualitative case study, the particular challenges of Anglophone expatriate male spouses married to Korean women are explored. Utilizing questionnaires, narrative frames, semi-structured interviews, and researcher field notes, three themes and five subthemes were found. The three main themes are lack of appropriate government support services, limitations due to low Korean proficiency, and issues of power and inequality between the spouses. The subthemes include communication struggles, daily functioning difficulties, lack of decision-making power, and desire for social acceptance and equality. The results indicate that the needs of Anglophone expatriate male spouses have been largely ignored compared to other subgroups of foreign spouses in Korea as most of the services provided by the government through multicultural centers and other government facilities are aimed towards southeast Asian wives of Korean husbands. Thus, this study concludes that current government policies regarding foreign spouses and multicultural families need to be improved to become more inclusive of the needs of all categories of foreign spouses and multicultural families in Korea. This inclusivity will lead towards greater multicultural family sustainability in the future. Received: 10 October 2022 / Accepted: 26 December 2022 / Published: 5 January 2023

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The Perceived Challenges of Anglophone Expatriate Male Spouses Living in South Korea: A Qualitative Case Study

Jung

2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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“…First, they are framed as opportunistic migrants from underdeveloped countries (Chung & Kim, 2012). As I explain in the next section, this led to the regulation of marriages as commercial transactions, and conflation of female marriage migrants with trafficked women (Choo, 2013). Secondly, as Nicole Constable observed in 2005, new patterns of marriage migration for development reflected 'broadly gendered patterns' of hypergamy:…”

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Gender, Race, Culture and Identity at the Internal Border of Marriage Migration of Vietnamese Women in South Korea

Kneebone

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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In this chapter I examine female marriage migration to South Korea from Vietnam as a transnational case study, to explain the discriminatory consequences of South Korea’s laws and policies on nationality which frame such migration as ‘a critical project for the nation-state’ (Toyota M. Citizensh Stud 12(1):1, 2008, p. 3). Through a socio-legal study, I demonstrate how notions of gender, race, culture and identity shape the internal border for marriage migrants from Vietnam, through laws and policies in South Korea. I argue that responses to female marriage migration from Vietnam has created vulnerabilities, through nationality laws, which are reinforced through instrumental policies on labour migration and commercial regulation of marriage. These laws and policies entrench the unequal position of Vietnamese marriage migrants in the transnational marriage migration ‘market’ to create ‘structural vulnerability’ through the power and structures of the state.

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“…Visgi mokslininkai pastebi, kad silpnėja tradicinė lyčių norma, lytis pateikiama ne kaip socialinė struktūra, o kaip individualus tapatumas (Choo, 2020). Todėl vis dažniau diskutuojama translyčių (Suh, 2019;Dunlap ir kt., 2020) ir skirtingos seksualinės orientacijos asmenų (ne)dalyvavimo karo tarnyboje klausimu (Sundevall ir kt., 2016).…”

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Lietuvos Nuolatinės Privalomosios Pradinės Karo Tarnybos Karių Stereotipinės Nuostatos Dėl Moterų Karių

Kazlauskienė

2023

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The present paper discusses the role of gender equality policy in the military. The aim is to find out, paying due attention to unconscious bias, whether or not soldiers enrolled in mandatory initial military service in Lithuania support any stereotypes regarding women, and if so, then what are the stereotypes they adhere to, and what are the stereotypes that women in mandatory initial military service are confronted with. The paper analyses gender equality issues in the following two important contexts: the democratic value of gender equality in military service, and the need and readiness of the military to accommodate different genders. The latter context forms a stark contrast with the former two, especially given the traditional point of view that military service is meant to ensure effective security and defence, rather than the effective implementation of gender equality. The paper analyses how stereotypical attitudes towards women as a gender support the above-mentioned tradition. Based on the results of empirical research, stereotypes have proven to be still maintained by soldiers in the target group. The dominant stereotypical attitude is that active military service may be putting women at greater risk of harassment and sexual abuse. Female soldiers in the target group are confronted with stereotypical attitudes. They link the reasons underlying the overall support of stereotypical thinking to the age of the individuals concerned, their inherited stereotypical attitudes, and their education.

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In the Shadow of Working Men: Gendered Labor and Migrant Rights in South Korea

Cited by 11 publications

References 31 publications

The Perceived Challenges of Anglophone Expatriate Male Spouses Living in South Korea: A Qualitative Case Study

The Perceived Challenges of Anglophone Expatriate Male Spouses Living in South Korea: A Qualitative Case Study

Gender, Race, Culture and Identity at the Internal Border of Marriage Migration of Vietnamese Women in South Korea

Lietuvos Nuolatinės Privalomosios Pradinės Karo Tarnybos Karių Stereotipinės Nuostatos Dėl Moterų Karių

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