“Uncovering gender stereotypes perceived as’women = beings who make up’”
On the 23rd, a personnel hearing for candidate Byeon Chang-heum of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is being held at the National Assembly. yunhap news
In the process of explaining his remarks from the past, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport candidate Byeon Chang-heum said, “In the case of women, it is very cautious to eat breakfast with someone you don’t know because of makeup or things like this.” Criticism has emerged for inappropriately revealing the lagging gender stereotype that’women should wear makeup’. Candidate Byun, who was the president of the Seoul Housing and Urban Corporation (SH), was controversial because he was known to have remarked in relation to the share house occupants at an internal meeting in 2016, “Is not people who don’t eat at home?” Candidate Byun explained at a personnel hearing held at the National Assembly on the 23rd that the remarks came from the process of pointing out that the share house was designed as a way to eat breakfast together in a shared restaurant. Candidate Byeon said, “Our culture does not eat breakfast with people who do not know each other. In particular, women are very cautious about having breakfast together because of makeup or things like this, but if you reduce the kitchen (share a restaurant) on the premise of having breakfast, will it fit the actual culture (intelligence).” He said, “It is difficult for those with low economic ability to buy and eat breakfast unconditionally, because it is a burden to buy breakfast. It was also called work”. Regarding Candidate Byeon’s remarks on’make-up’, Chairman Jin Seon-mi of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport pointed out that “(therefore) there is a concern that it will promote prejudice against women.” In response, Candidate Byeon said, “I think it could have brought about another misunderstanding. Anyway, I said that this was not the purpose and expressed my regret.” Chairman Jin said, “Please make a pledge that various ministries or public corporations affiliated with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will make efforts to take the lead in improving the organizational culture and to provide opportunities for gender awareness education,” and candidate Byeon said, “I will try hard to learn.” . In the women’s world, criticism has emerged that the explanation of Candidate Byun is inappropriate remarks based on the sexual stereotype that’female = a make-up being’. Shin Sang-ah, secretary general of the Seoul Women’s Workers’ Association, said, “It is the recognition of women as beings that need to be decorated in appearance. The problem of not doing or eating at a restaurant is a matter of personal choice, not about doing or not doing makeup. It was a hard excuse not related to the story of a shared restaurant.” It is said that it revealed only the gender sensitivity that was left behind by attracting the’makeup’ problem of women who had nothing to do with the breakfast problem. In the political world, voices of criticism emerge. Shin Ji-hye, the CEO of the Basic Income Party, said to his SNS, “Is Candidate Chang-Hum Byun, who recognizes that women only begin their daily life with makeup, agrees with the social coercion that they must wear makeup unconditionally? “What kind of women can comfortably live in the’shared housing’ run by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, who are not sensitive to gender?” By Lim Jae-woo and Kim Mi-hyang, staff reporters [email protected]