Chandler Thomas
Soc 202 TR 12:30
Blog #6
10/08/2009 7:37pm
South Korea has a heavy stigma against single unmarried women who get pregnant and do not opt for abortion, which tends to be the norm. These women are also not putting their babies up for adoption, against much criticism. Now, these women have a resource to help them, they're called Duri Home. They have a specific goal of helping these unwed single mothers have and raise their babies. They help close to a hundred women every year, some of whom stay with them for up to eight months. The ones that do make the big decision of keeping their babies, which is becoming more and more, have the option to move to another facility that will help them raise their baby after the birth. The mothers themselves are forming small supportive networks amongst themselves, which is a very big move being that they are within the country of Korea. Korea has a small monthly assistance plan for families that adopt or have children of their own, unwed single parents receive half that amount, which is about $40 dollars a month.
Korea seems to go out of its way to make the lives of these women harder than they already are. They can't get jobs as single moms, they're disowned by their own families, completely cast aside as outcasts. Its really sad and quite depressing. Its awful and eye opening that there is a government out there that actually encourages illegal means of birth control just to avoid the so-call social stigma.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/07/world/20091007MOTHERS_index.html
3 comments:
I think it's really sad that these women are being forced to give up their babies. It's reassuring to see that they have a resource to help them now, though. I'm glad that they're standing up for themselves and making their own decisions.
Agreed, being forced to give up their babies is absolutely horrible. But at least they have some kind of help.
It is a shame that the government acually encourages women to give up their babies by making it extremely hard. just another crappy situation in the world.
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