Date of Award
Spring 5-15-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
History
College
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
First Advisor
Brandon Palmer
Abstract/Description
Korean women are treated as second rate citizens that have to depend on a man for their social status. With the passage of time, things are getting better for Korean women and the way society feels about women having significant authority in society is changing. The Japanese colonization of Korea (1910-1945) is at the foundation of postwar tensions between Japan and Korea. The Japanese mistreatment of Korean women is an important element in many of these disputes. Specifically, the Japanese government took advantage of the Korean women's low status within Korean society to erect a sexual military system. Since the occupation, the status of Korean women has steadily improved, but not by a great margin. This paper uses the comfort women to show how the status of Korean women has gradually gotten better since colonial Korean times.
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Recommended Citation
Thomas, Rebekah, "The Evolution of the Status of Women in Korea: Colonial Times to the Present" (2012). Honors Theses. 83.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/83