No longer "emphasize men and women"?Korean media: 55%of Korean interviewees "must have a daughter"

[Global Times Special Reporter Han Wen] South Korea is no longer "heavy men and women"? A few days ago, South Korea's "Korean Daily" reported that more and more Koreans wanted to have daughters instead of their sons. South Korea's poll "South Korea Research" previously conducted a survey of 1,000 adults over 18 years old in the country. The results of the survey showed that 55%of the respondents answered "a daughter must be a daughter", and 31%of the respondents said that "must have to be necessary a son". It is reported that interviewees of different gender and different ages have given similar answers. Regardless of men and women, there are more than half of the answers to "a daughter must be a daughter". Especially people over the age of 60 prefer 70%of their daughters.

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"South Korea Times" reported on the 2nd, stating that men in Korean history have always dominated, and the mother of her daughter is often required to have more children to ensure that there are men's descendants to continue family blood. In 1990, the gender ratio of Korean infants (ie, the baby girl was 100, and the value of the baby baby relative to the baby girl) showed an uneven state, as high as 116.5. In addition, the sex ratio of second or third babies is more uneven. In 1993, the gender ratio of the third child in South Korea reached 209.7. This reflects the concept of Korean people's "having a boy" at that time.

However, after entering the 21st century, this situation changed. A 2007 research report in the World Bank shows that Koreans have changed gender preferences and become "the first Asian country to reverse the rise of the sex ratio of birth population."

The "Korean Daily" quoted data from the South Korean Department of Statistics that in 2021, the overall infant ratio of South Korea was 105.4, which was the lowest value since the statistics began in 1981. The gender ratio of the third child is 107.8. Although it is still higher than the normal range of 103-107, it also shows a significant decline.

The "Korean Daily" analysis said that the changes in the gender ratio of Korean infants are affected by different difficulties in men and women. In this survey, when asked about raising boys or girls is easier, 47%of respondents believe that "there is no difference", but people who think that "raising girls is easier" (31%) far exceeds that "raising boys to raise boys" People who are easier "(12%).

Cao Yingtai, a professor at Seoul University, said that this trend change is related to the changes in the ideas of Korean people. "At present, Koreans have changed their concepts, thinking that living time is more important than the future of the family." Korean parents have realized the benefits of having a daughter and rely on them in their later years. Because her daughter often establishes a better emotional connection with her parents, and can provide them with better support in her parents' later years. Especially when the expected life expectancy becomes longer, her daughter has become a better candidate to take care of them when their parents are old. Parents have begun to rely on their daughters. Cao Yingtai also mentioned that, compared with the past, Korean women have been dominated by their in -laws, and their in -laws are now under small pressure on their sons.

However, the South Korean Times pointed out that although her daughter is more popular than her son, the reverse preference for her daughter does not necessarily mean that men and women have a higher social status. Li Zhuxi, a professor at Lihua Women's University, said that this reflects the expectations of Korean society to women's responsibilities in their families. Li Zhuxi believes that this is another form of gender discrimination. The daughter is more favored than her son's preference for their son in the past because they have more functional value as children.

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