Women In The Joseon Dynasty

When people usually think of women’s status in the Joseon dynasty, a first thing that come up to their mind is the inequality of gender. This is essentially true, but not from the very start. Unbelievably in the early Joseon dynasty, women’s status was relatively equal to those of men like the Koryo dynasty. But women’s rights have slowly went through a process of regression and by end of the dynasty, Joseon was recognized as a most strictly idealistic Confucianism country that seriously suppressed the women’s rights and equality. To find out how it Joseon gradually changed with the course of time, this research will cover the following questions: what kind of regulations did Joseon compiled under the ethics of Confucianism and what was the …show more content…
This is suggesting that at this point of time, mid-Joseon, women begin to accept being chaste and upright as a part of their duty. Their chastity were achieved by death and recognized as yollyo [virtuous woman]. In other cases, many women were kidnapped or raped by the Japanese soldiers. This became a tremendous problem to the upper class elites because it was their purity and bloodline that distinguished between them and the commoners (Kim & Pettid 53). If bloodlines of upper class were dirtied by with foreign blood, their status would not be …show more content…
As studying about women’s status of Joseon dynasty, there were a clear reasons for the causes and effects of the Confucianism. And although Joseon was known to be strictly Confucianism country stereotypically nowadays, it didn’t start from the very beginning; it happened gradually throughout 500 years of the dynasty to be completed. By conducting this research, it was possible to keep a track of how Confucianism took place in Joseon dynasty and how it changed and impacted the status of one country and women’s