While South Korea has had one of the fastest-growing economies in recent history, it also has a considerably high gender wage gap. This goes as far as ranking it the least equal country in the OECD’s table at a gender wage gap of 32,48 per cent (OECD, 2021). With that,…
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How Traditional Mothers and Progressive Daughters Get Along Well
One might assume that agreement between family members causes a better atmosphere and improved psychological well-being. However, a recent paper suggests that disagreement between mothers and daughters can actually coincide with better well-being. This article summarizes the paper “Gender Role Attitudes and Depressive Symptoms of the Mother-Daughter Dyad in Korea”…
Open Questions – The Discrepancy Between Belief and Action
It is one thing to believe something but another to act in accordance with that belief. This is an insight that might be as old as the discipline of Philosophy. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle already thought about how it can (or cannot be) that human beings know or believe…