gender in korea

living in korea while coming to terms with my gender identity has been interesting. i'm curious how my perceptions will change once i'm stateside. we'll see i guess, only 11 more days!

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[DavidEatsPaste]

Can you talk more about the concept of "putting someone in their place"? I think I understand what you're talking about and would like to hear more regarding that.

[hikinghomohippie]

@DavidEatsPaste one ex. that comes to mind is, i had a 3y old student who would act up in class, and i needed to speak to his mother, but she didn't speak english, so i asked my boss to translate for me. i figured we'd go into his office for our conversation, but instead my boss just reprimanded her in front of all the other mothers. i was appalled at this, but for koreans, having a child act up in class is akin to family dishonor. this was NOT any way i would have handled the situation.

[hikinghomohippie]

@DavidEatsPaste another ex. i had a very naughty student and kicked him out of my classroom (multiple times actually) and because his behavior had escalated, i told him he could come back to class only when he apologizes to me formally in front of one of his parents. ordinarily i might write a letter that needs to be signed by a parent, but because of the public process of correcting poor behavior, i insisted on this. and it worked, that student wasn't as much of a bother from that point on.

[zomgsibben]

I love your videos you're awesome

[hikinghomohippie]

@zomgsibben ah shucks, thanks nick. you're very pretty too :)

[sethshennanigans23]

I have a friend who did a small stint teaching English in China, I do believe. When I started really presenting as male and cut my hair and stuff, the waitresses at a Chinese buffet we used to go to would kind of laugh at me and stare at me a bit. When I asked my friend why, she said that in Asian cultures short hair on a woman means she's been shamed.

[hikinghomohippie]

@sethshennanigans23 that's really funny. it's interesting learning about cultural do's and dont's. my first day teaching i used a red marker to write my name on the board and all the kids gasped in horror.  'teacher!' they exclaimed. apparently writing a name in red is reserved only for those who are dead. ah, note to self :)

[DavidEatsPaste]

@hikinghomohippie Very interesting. Thanks!

[musicgurl112]

great video! I am living with a korean exchange student who is moving in with a few weeks and was curious to learn more about the culture and how they view gender. I'm a gender studies student and am somewhat concerned/curious about how to talk to her about it if she asks about my studies and I feel like this video gives me a little insight on how she may perceive things. Thanks!

[sethshennanigans23]

Oh, and to your shortness comment: You are as tall as you feel. I'm only 5' 3 1/4" and I have to say that I definitely don't feel short.