Blog Post 2

I had been contemplating on how I was going to go about my research. Who was I going to interview? As I thought about who would be the best to interview, the first person that came to mind was my mom and my aunt. My mother who was born and raised in Korea, moved to the states about 20 years ago, so who better than my own mom to ask about this very topic? How different was gender roles in Korea than America, and how did the difference impact her life?
As with my aunt, she was born in Korea as well, but she moved to the states when she was a teenager, so in her perspective, it must of had a totally different impact, seeing as how she grew up in the states, but originated from the Korean culture from a young age.
Through my research i would love to gain more knowledge of my Korean culture and how different it is than it is here in the US. I feel and hope that with these interviews of my mom and aunt, I can become more understanding and gain more appreciation for different cultural views of gender specifically and basically everything about cultures.

Hello! My name is Erin Chon and I am a freshman at HSU, majoring in Wildlife Conservation and Management. I am from Paso Robles, California, which is a small town on the central coast. I am 100% Korean, and grew up with many traditions and morals based off of the Korean culture because of my parents. However, since I was born and raised in the the US, I would consider myself a Korean-American mainly because I am more in sync with the American "beliefs"/culture more that the traditional Korean "beliefs"/culture.

So, growing up in America, with parents that grew up in a totally different place, with different expectations, was extremely challenging. As I grew older I started to realize the difference in the Korean culture and the American culture, especially with gender related issues.
It seems like in the Korean culture, as with many other cultures, the woman of he household is strictly designated to stay home, and cater to the members of the family. Although it may not be as apparent now, in past generations, that idea was deeply rooted in the culture. 

Throughout my blog posts, I will be talking about how and why the roles of women have come to be the way they are today, what made things change, what made the role of females like that in the first place, and why the role of females is different in every culture.