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Sunday, December 26, 2004

Androgyny on the Rise in South Korea

Re: Korean Gender Roles Collapsing

The above survey, which reports that "between the ages of 17 and 39, 66.7 percent of men and 57.3 percent of women were categorized as "androgynous'", seems a bit flawed. Nevertheless, I cannot really disagree with the results, at least when it comes to fashion and hair-style. I started teaching Korean university students in 1996. Then, every male Korean student, to a man, had short, neat, natural black hair. Today, the majority dye, tease, or perm their hair. Some even wear hair-bands!