Korean Confucianism

The women who have chosen to work due to the changes in government and legislation had and still have major challenges to face in the workforce. Major companies in South Korea began to change their hiring practices such as Samsung which was one of the first major companies to do so. In 1997 Samsung removed gender discrimination in recruitment and by 2012 had hired 56,000 women employees.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=B. J. |title=Samsung's Female Executives Shatter South Korea's Glass Ceiling |url=https://www.newsweek.com/samsungs-female-executives-shatter-south-koreas-glass-ceiling-65613 |work=Newsweek |date=30 July 2012 }}</ref> However, before 1997 some women did manage to work at Samsung, and there was discrimination in the patriarchally-ran company. Most of the jobs of the woman who worked at Samsung were low-level workers. When the company tried to offer higher positions to women, many of the top male executives took advantage of the women and gave them menial chores,<ref name=":4" /> not unlike how some husbands may expect of their wives at home. However, this all began to change in 1994 when an open personnel reform from Samsung's chairman, forced top executives to treat and pay men and women equally.<ref name=":4" /> Samsung's newest goal is increasing the percentage of female top executives from 2 percent to 10 percent by 2020.<ref name=":4" /> Despite this steady decline in gender-based workplace discrimination, scholarly research determines discrimination to still be minimally present.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patterson |first=Louise |last2=Walcutt |first2=Brandon |date=2013-01-01 |title=Korean workplace gender discrimination research analysis: a review of the literature from 1990 to 2010 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2012.697774 |journal=Asia Pacific Business Review |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=85–101 |doi=10.1080/13602381.2012.697774 |issn=1360-2381}}</ref>

The women who have chosen to work due to the changes in government and legislation had and still have major challenges to face in the workforce. Major companies in South Korea began to change their hiring practices such as Samsung which was one of the first major companies to do so. In 1997 Samsung removed gender discrimination in recruitment and by 2012 had hired 56,000 women employees.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=B. J. |title=Samsung's Female Executives Shatter South Korea's Glass Ceiling |url=https://www.newsweek.com/samsungs-female-executives-shatter-south-koreas-glass-ceiling-65613 |work=Newsweek |date=30 July 2012 }}</ref> However, before 1997 some women did manage to work at Samsung, and there was discrimination in the patriarchally-ran company. Most of the jobs of the woman who worked at Samsung were low-level workers. When the company tried to offer higher positions to women, many of the top male executives took advantage of the women and gave them menial chores,<ref name=":4" /> not unlike how some husbands may expect of their wives at home. However, this all began to change in 1994 when an open personnel reform from Samsung's chairman, forced top executives to treat and pay men and women equally.<ref name=":4" /> Samsung's newest goal is increasing the percentage of female top executives from 2 percent to 10 percent by 2020.<ref name=":4" /> Despite this steady decline in gender-based workplace discrimination, scholarly research determines discrimination to still be minimally present.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patterson |first=Louise |last2=Walcutt |first2=Brandon |date=2013-01-01 |title=Korean workplace gender discrimination research analysis: a review of the literature from 1990 to 2010 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2012.697774 |journal=Asia Pacific Business Review |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=85–101 |doi=10.1080/13602381.2012.697774 |issn=1360-2381}}</ref>

=== Korean-American Diaspora ===

{{See also|History of women in Korea|Women in North Korea|Women in South Korea}}

==Korean Confucian art==

==Korean Confucian art==

{{See also|Korean art|Korean pottery}}

{{See also|Korean art|Korean pottery}}