It talks about how society is structured in a way where women take on the role of the “Other Sex”. This book is the voice of every woman who has faced micro-aggressions created due to patriarchal society.
What does it mean to be a woman born in the late 20 th Century in South Korea? This book is about Kim Jiyoung, a woman in South Korea in her 30s. Instead of choosing the lunch menu, they want to run for president.” “Girls don’t need special treatment – they just want the same responsibilities and opportunities. Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century and raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all. Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn’t get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy.
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