There are some overreaching comments here. As someone with experience in the area of being abused and raped, you stretch things here often. The best example is your comment about Coffee Prince. Not one of my favorite dramas as I find Gender Benders a bit dull, but the kiss you are talking about has nothing to do with rape. There was no intended rape. If you look at the context clearly and pay close attention to the entire story line, while the action isn't okay, it also isn't something you should get up in arms about or accuse of being an attempted rape.
There are actions here that are exactly as you say. They are archaic patriarchal motions that still exist even in the television series. There are some dramas with scenes that we should clearly feel are unforgivable. But there are also things in this drama, such as wrist grabbing, which I feel this article is reaching on.
I'm not getting into a fight with anyone over this, but honestly, this article is disappointing to read. I was hoping for a thorough analysis of the culture vs. drama vs. modern societies in foreign countries but instead, I read through a rather opinionated and biased standpoint on the over-dramatized actions of fictional characters in already unbelievable and unrealistic situations.
There are actions here that are exactly as you say. They are archaic patriarchal motions that still exist even in the television series. There are some dramas with scenes that we should clearly feel are unforgivable. But there are also things in this drama, such as wrist grabbing, which I feel this article is reaching on.
I'm not getting into a fight with anyone over this, but honestly, this article is disappointing to read. I was hoping for a thorough analysis of the culture vs. drama vs. modern societies in foreign countries but instead, I read through a rather opinionated and biased standpoint on the over-dramatized actions of fictional characters in already unbelievable and unrealistic situations.