The Awakening of Women's Consciousness in the Workplace in China and Korea Through Film and TV Series

Abstract

In the context of a patriarchal society, men occupy a relatively dominant position in both social life and the workplace. In contrast, women are usually just wives, daughters-in-law, and mothers in the family rather than "women" per se. Based on the awareness of this, the purpose of this paper is to study the process of awakening women's consciousness in the workplace in China and Korea in recent years and the reasons affecting them. The analysis of this article examines the images of women in the film and television works "KIM JI-YOUNG, BORN 1982" and "Fighting Youth" to analyze the changing status of women in the workplace and the main factors affecting the awakening of women's consciousness. The present study acknowledges that the emergence of female consciousness is propelled by intrinsic factors within women themselves. The awakening of female consciousness is driven by women's questioning and thinking, which leads to change.