Kei90

A different take: google “The true lover is Satan.” (quote by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, 1689–1752 AD/CE) On a totally different interpretation of "Genie Make a Wish"

I highly recommend reading that. Helped me tremendously.

She isn't just a diver who happens to be a woman. She is a diver-that-cannot-be-male-because-men-are-forbidden-and-seen-as-too-lowly-to-perform-this. Was that clearer? But unfortunately some more patriarchal languages don't even have female terms for things: everything is automatically male. Male is always the default. And when people in large-scale studies are asked to picture a CEO, picture a firefighter, picture a diver etc., they always picture a man. Not a woman because women have a higher status in society than men (therefore historical Jeju).

Hun, under every comment, not post. It's so much fun and so easy to correct you. :) And yup, I will continue to correct this. Die mad.

Only "diver" would not work. Cause there cannot be a male haenyo! Plus people would have imagined some kind of sports diver. Women who believe that just using the male term (as an umbrella default term for male and female) is a great idea simply don't understand that studies have shown that if the male-as-default is used then people imagine a man. Even if they have been told previously that it's a woman! It's that strong. I mean, I'd eat my hat if the above article was not AI translated - deepl etc. all automatically make anything "he". Male as default. Horrible! I would suggest that an explanation of haenyeo should have been added in the article.

You're being racist and arrogant. And also not feminist and generally ill-informed: there have been many studies on the extremely negative effects of "male-as-default" (example: "actor" instead of "actress") achieves in the English language. Participants are asked to "imagine" that profession. Ends up being all male. You're also making some really funny incorrect assumptions about me - without asking. Yes, love, I made my profile because I have something to contribute and something to correct. I am not one to drivel.

Agreed! Unbelievably cringe!

I find the ignorance in the comment section here really annoying: it was forbidden for men to play that diver role as only the haenyo (female divers) were believed to be able to communicate with the sea gods and because Jeju is a matrilocal society to this day (it veered into matriarchy historically), as was all of Korea prior to Confucianism causing a radical upheaval in gender relations.

I am shaking my head at your ignorance! It was forbidden for men to play that diver role as only the haenyo (female divers) were believed to be able to communicate with the sea gods and because Jeju is a matrilocal society to this day (it veered into matriarchy historically), as was all of Korea prior to Confucianism causing a radical upheaval in gender relations.

I find the ignorance in the comment section here really annoying: it was forbidden for men to play that diver role as only the haenyo (female divers) were believed to be able to communicate with the sea gods and because Jeju is a matrilocal society to this day (it veered into matriarchy historically), as was all of Korea prior to Confucianism causing a radical upheaval in gender relations.

I find the ignorance in the comment section here really annoying: it was forbidden for men to play that diver role as only the haenyo (female divers) were believed to be able to communicate with the sea gods and because Jeju is a matrilocal society to this day (it veered into matriarchy historically), as was all of Korea prior to Confucianism causing a radical upheaval in gender relations.