This may be due to an existing Confucian dogma in Korean society, which accords women a subordinate status. One insidious example of this gender discrimination is female selective abortion and the resulting imbalanced sex ratio. This article reviews the trends in the sex ratio at birth in Korea,...
References in periodicals archive? Despite being a plastic surgery mecca, South Korea does not see manygender reassignment surgeries, according to Joy Kang, the chief executive of medical tourism concierge service Eunogo. South Koreans intolerant of their gay community ...
The viewing of the three selected films generated an intense debate about gender in the intergenerational discussion groups. While the older women admitted that they have never asked themselves about the meaning of the word woman and the impact of gender in their lives, as seen in the following ...
China saw a moderate increase in the ratio of sex/gender-reflective publications, from 3.718 ± 0.147 to 4.292 ± 0.241 (unpaired t-test: t = 2.739,p = 0.0255). In South Korea, where there is also no specific funding for sex/gender research, the ratio of publication...
The gender ratio (male:female) of suicide rates was 3.9 for America, 3.3 for Australia, 2.7 for Japan, and 1.8 for South Korea. Discussion Consistent with the results of previous studies (Yip, 1998), we found that the gender ratio of suicide rates was lower in Eastern than in Western ...
Determinants of Stated Son Preference in India: Are Men and Women Different? Robitaille,Marie-Claire - 《Journal of Development Studies》 - 2013 - 被引量: 17 Fertility transition and adverse child sex ratio in districts of India. Mohanty, Sanjay K,Rajbhar, Mamta - 《Journal of Biosocial Scienc...
As noted in our summary of the2012 Gender Gap Report, Mexico ranks #1 in the world, tying with several other countries, for the health and survival subindex. This means that Mexican females are unsurpassed with respect to sex ratio at birth (female/male) combined with female life expectancy ...
Systemic sclerosis is less common in Latvia than in other countries and regions. Due to its location, the data from Latvia are consistent with a north-south gradient in Europe. Gender ratio differences persisted in older age groups as well. Antinuclear antibodies presence did not differ between ...
The latter might be indicative of gender differences in COVID-19 disease severity; however, gender inequity in ICU admission policies may also play a role. Significant differences in the male to female COVID-19 case fatality ratio can be observed between European countries. The latter may also ...
Population sex ratio refers to the total number of males for every 100 females in the population, which is compared in countries with and without extreme forms of gender discrimination. From these comparisons, an estimate can be made of the ‘number of females who would be alive, in the ...