In diesem Artikel geht es im Wesentlichen um die hohen Scheidungsraten in Korea sowie um die "verdeckten Scheidungen", d.h. Trennungen im Falle der noch nicht vor dem Gesetz geschlossenen "Ehen" junger Paare (laut dem Autor nicht ungewoehnlich in Korea).
Insbesondere mit der folgenden Aussage trifft er meiner Meinung nach, unabhaengig von dem Scheidungs-Problem, den Nagel auf den Kopf und bringt eines der groessten Probleme der heutigen koreanischen Gesellschaft zum Ausdruck:
Despite rapid social change in Korea people still allow others to barge across personal boundaries and interfere in their lives to a degree that is totally unacceptable for adults who are in full control of their faculties. They don’t stand up to their parents. But nor do they obey _ they pretend to but live secret lies.
One of my colleagues, who is almost 40, just got a tongue-lashing from her mother who discovered her smoking. Mum doesn’t know she’s been at it since she was a student. People are willing to live according to how faceless society says they should, rather than according to what fulfils them and leads to personal happiness.
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