Kim Seok-hwan’s comment about “an even playing field” seems tactless — I wonder if the aspiring law student knows how privileged he must be to raised in an environment where he believes men and women are on level footing. Also, It’s much easier to call something “even” if you’ve always been on the side with the advantage.
I hope he does get into law school and realizes the long history of societal oppression of women and the need to fix system sexism.
“He [Kim Seok-hwan, 28] said his generation was raised in an environment where his female peers were student leaders and heads of groups...These are people we’ve been competing with on an even playing field,” he said. “So when the patriarchal order of the past is used to attack our generation, that feels unreasonable.”