Danny,+Henry

Lit review

Hypothesis It would be more likely for an American woman to do a physically demanding labor than a Korean woman. America is known for its feminist movement, which tries to equalize men and women. We have researched some articles, especially ones regarding women serving in combat. We have found out that United States Department of Defense is pushing the military to open up more combat positions for the women soldiers to succeed. In contrast, Korea just recently opened up ROTC for women. It is mandatory for Korean men to serve in the military for 2 years. And several women in America has historically known for disguising them selves as men and served in the war as a combat soldier.

Project Plan (Henry Yoo) - Research some articles relating to women career that requires physical burden. - Interviewing general Korean public. - Interviewing sociologists. - Interviewing American civilians in Korea. - Interviewing American soldiers. - Collecting pictures and videos on American women doing physically demanding labor. - Survey throughout the school and neighborhood. -(Danny)- In order to find the different job expectations in Korea and America, we are going to make a survey that asks what jobs do you think would be appropriate for women? Then under that we are going to have a list of jobs such as firemen, police officer, teacher, businesswomen, coach..... and then ask them to circle the jobs that they think could be done by women. Lastly we are going to compare the differences in answers in America and Korea.

Potential problems Might be subject of stereotypes. Might have difficulties arranging meetings with soldiers stationed in Korea.

These are my findings of what percentage of jobs were choosen on the survey swat m55% w60% firefighter m60%w75% rescuerm95%w100% astronat m80%w95% soldier m35%w50% teacher m100% w100% ceo m80% w95% senator m70% w 70% cia m55% w 70% president m60% w85% physicist m100 w 100 chemist m100 w100 biologist m100 w100 doctor m100 w100 artist m100 w100 prosecutor m95 w100 farmer m65 w80 factory laborer m45 w 55 mechanic m55 w 60 engineer m85 w100

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(Jane) Comments: -Are you only doing research on soldiers and people in the military? Or just females in general? -It may be difficult to find the right people to talk to. -What will you be asking the people that you interview? -Will interviewing people be enough to determine which culture has more active women or will you look at other things such as how many women have jobs or workout?

(Trace) Coments: Are you going to talk to Korean soliders as well? What age group are you going to be talking to? Where are you getting the socoiologist you are going to interview? What are there core studies?

Sadie:I think this is a really interesting topic! But I think narrowing the topic might make it a little easier. Maybe you could ask high school senior girls if they have ever considered going into the military or if the career they plan to pursue will involve physical labor. Just a thought!

I think it could be somewhat difficult to get a clear cut conclusion without narrowing it down a little further. The topic is interesting and certainly doable but it will take some careful planning to pull off. (Ryan R)