Because it contained sexist remarks, it triggered a public boycott.

According to a report by The New Yorker on January 13, South Korea’s guidelines for pregnant women published on its website have met with strong opposition from people, who said that these guidelines symbolize deep-rooted patriarchal concepts and are not suitable for women. A theme that fits the current times. Contents in this so-called guide include: Before giving birth to a baby, pregnant women should check whether your family has enough toilet paper; please prepare ready-made meals for your husband, because he is definitely not good at cooking; tie your hair up and look like this It will not look unkempt, as well as other relevant regulations, etc.

This so-called pregnancy guide was published on a website as early as 2019, and immediately attracted a lot of dissatisfaction. However, it was only recently that this so-called guideline came to public attention, triggering an outcry.

1. The so-called guide for pregnant women is a serious discrimination against women and has obvious patriarchal ideas.

This so-called guide for pregnant women contains a lot of content that is obviously discriminatory against women and is suspected of objectifying women. As some women in the comments said, rather than marrying a man who doesn't even know how to throw away rotten garbage, it would be more reliable to get divorced directly. Now is a civilized society, where men and women have equal rights, and both husband and wife have responsibilities for marriage and family. We cannot just push all family affairs to the wife, and the husband can be a completely hands-off shopkeeper. Rather than doing this, it is better not to have anything at all.

2. More than 21,000 people have signed a petition calling on officials to publicly apologize and demanding that those who issued this guideline be punished.

After this incident became fermented, the Korean people were outraged. Everyone demanded that the authorities apologize and that the person who issued this guide should be recorded and punished. As of now, the most offensive parts of this guide have been deleted, but screenshots of the original text can still be found on the Internet. The publishing company said it would re-examine online content and improve gender non-discrimination training for all municipal employees.

According to an email sent to the New York Times by the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Public Health Department, they feel responsible for not thoroughly and closely reviewing and monitoring the content they approved at the time. of.

In fact, gender discrimination often comes out. There are always some industries where gender discrimination against women occurs. However, it is still very rare to make such a blatant statement on the Internet. No wonder the people in South Korea are angry. The birth rate in South Korea is already close to zero. If they continue to discriminate against women, no one will want to have children in the future.