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I read the article. A sibling commenter has already mentioned the big issue with pay gap studies. I will only add that you can find studies showing domestic abu
by 55555 4y ago
I read the article. A sibling commenter has already mentioned the big issue with pay gap studies. I will only add that you can find studies showing domestic abuse prevalence at anywhere from 0% to 100% depending on what they define as abuse and how the survey is done. The article didn't really provide enough context for me to take the statistic seriously, as I know a lot of Korean people and personally struggle to believe that 8 out of 10 of them beat their wives. (The rate of abuse from women towards men would also be relevant for context.)
The first google snippet for "domestic violence south korea" says "According to the results of a 2021 study on violence against women, which the Korean Women's Development Institute conducted via a research contract with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, out of 7,000 adult women surveyed, 16.1% or 1,124 women had experienced physical, sexual, emotional, or financial violence"
You can't simplify something like this down to a simple number and then scream bloody murder.
- lapcat 4y ago> I know a lot of Korean people and personally struggle to believe that 8 out of 10 of them beat their wives. Nobody thinks that their friends are wife beaters.
- 55555 4y agoI should have been more specific in my original comment and shouldn't have said "beware articles that don't quantify" things as it was indeed unduly confusing.