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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.1.502

Gender Inequality in Equality Presented in Utopian Literature Looking Backward: 2000-1887  

Ryu, Da-Young (Liberal Arts Department, Jungwon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.1, 2021 , pp. 502-510 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines gender inequality in the Utopian literature through Bellamy's novelLooking Backward: 2000-1887. Boston, USA, in 2000 is an equal society in which production and distribution are performed efficiently, and everyone can work with an equal opportunity without discrimination. But a closer look at the social structure shows that housework and parenting are predominantly women's duties, and the jobs that women and men can have are differentiating. Therefore, it is hard to say that true gender equality has been achieved. In addition, we could see that there were still remnants of gender inequality, such as showing the notion of beauty judged by male standards. However, Bellamy's Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is meaningful in that it improved women's status and suggested the direction and hope of social development in the 19th century. This study further examined whether these gender inequality factors have disappeared in modern society and confirmed that there remain many gender inequality factors. Therefore, we should all work together to improve the perception of members of society and make changes in social policies so that there is no discrimination between women and men so that we can truly become a gender-equal society.
Keywords
Gender Inequality; Gender Equality; Utopian Literature; Edward Bellamy; Looking Backward;
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