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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-joo
This book isn't really some interesting psychological thriller. It's the real truth of many women around the world. Even more so in S-Korea, because the world has romanticised SK with Kdramas, and defends predators, hiding the reality that it's not all sunshine here. (Kim Soo-hyun our best example for this case) The fact that a lot of Korean celebrities faced backlash for recommending or even liking an instagram post about this book or movie adaptation tells you how Koreans are, this book triggered the #MeToo movement in Korea as well.
I'm not going to lie, the book was a bit boring at first. Why? Because I'm a woman, desensitised towards the b.s. we go through. A sexual harassment news report? Just another Tuesday afternoon. Your aunt called you names because you're unmarried and 20? It happens to everybody. Get over it.
But then I picked the book up again. Kim Jiyoung felt like a real, frustrated person with every next page. Behind the grief of the gender she was born with, was much anger directed towards the world who set up these stupid roles for her. Whether it was benevolent or positive sexism, she was tired of being treated differently.
The book consists of six chapters describing different ages of her life, she visits a male psychiatrist who doesn't really understand female struggle, by the end of the book, he just sighs.
I'm not going to lie, the book was a bit boring at first. Why? Because I'm a woman, desensitised towards the b.s. we go through. A sexual harassment news report? Just another Tuesday afternoon. Your aunt called you names because you're unmarried and 20? It happens to everybody. Get over it.
But then I picked the book up again. Kim Jiyoung felt like a real, frustrated person with every next page. Behind the grief of the gender she was born with, was much anger directed towards the world who set up these stupid roles for her. Whether it was benevolent or positive sexism, she was tired of being treated differently.
The book consists of six chapters describing different ages of her life, she visits a male psychiatrist who doesn't really understand female struggle, by the end of the book, he just sighs.