Today’s theme: “SUPER” Women

Upholding one of her presidential pledges, Shim Sang Jeong(심상정) said recently that she is still working hard to implement the 슈퍼우먼 방지법 (Superwoman Prevention Act). This act is set to cover various aspects of people’s lives - for both men and women - and is designed to dispel the myth of women as super creatures capable of achieving often insurmountable tasks.

Throughout history, the female experience has varied greatly, demonstrating vast swings from positions of power to subjection and back again. Past societies had women who were warriors, priestesses, and political leaders. Others, have seen them cast as an inferior and subservient counterpart to men. History is rarely as linear or progressive as we like to portray it and the ever-changing status of women gives weight to this idea.

>>>The Conversationalist

Lisa Funnell

-Assistant Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies

-Co-Director of the Center for Social Justice at the University of Oklahoma

We talk a lot about Hollywood’s whitewashing, gender bias and so on. Do you think Hollywood is making progress or is it the last place to follow up with changes?

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Stephanie Coontz

-Professor of History and Family Studies at the Evergreen State College

-Director at Council on Contemporary Families

Tell us about the “trend towards traditionalism.” Is it only one study or several others that back this premise?

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강지우(KANG Ji-woo)

-member of Femicircuit, a union of women science and engineering students, faculty, and graduates affiliated with top Korean universities

-faculty member at POSTECH

What are some difficulties that women majoring in science face while in college?

>>>A Few Minutes with Amos

I have a friend who’s boyfriend just started at a new company and he always complains that he has to go to 회식(or team dinners) after work. If you don’t want to eat with co-workers don’t

Next week: History of War

(in time for June 25th, the day Korean War broke out in 1950)