The status of Korean women has always been very low. Of course, in feudal society, whether in China or South Korea, women had almost no status and dignity. However, since the Republic of China, with various social movements, women have been liberated and "broken the capitalism". Since 1949, with the slogan "Who says women are inferior to men" and "women hold up half the sky", women in new China have begun to be dissatisfied with being confined to their families.

The social status difference between men and women is more serious in the East than in the West. In the East, China, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and other countries, South Korea is the most serious.