Why Korean Actresses Don't Want To Marry Korean Men Anymore!

[@pennyc8252]

South korea netizens dont even let their idols to date forget the marriage 😂😂😂😂

[@patriciajackson6285]

@@pennyc8252 Sadly, this appears to be truthful. But, allegedly it’s known that if their favorite actor or actress dates someone (or marry) they do not favor, it tilts the scale of a scandalous behavior? Is this what SK netizens do to their own people? Can these bias netizens take care of their favorite actors or actresses, or do they just want to control because their lives are a shipwreck? Very unprofessional and useless of them to react this way, when economics, education, real estate portfolios or common sense will prove they cannot take care of a multimillion and their success. Someone needs to make this make sense.😆. SK actors, actresses, and singing artists should not bend to them especially when they are rich and famous across the globe. This is why more SK actors, actresses and singing artists should learn to speaking fluent English to cross over into more global wide success and not be control by a group of non speaking English nothing to offer society netizens.

[@Hehehh-e9p]

Actually it's really sad 😢 but we can't do anything

[@Ladytears]

right!!

[@LadyqueenCutie]

True ..😂😂😂

[@andrewisble3963]

I've watched Kdramas almost exclusively for two years. In my opinion, in most series, the women do all the heavy lifting, while the men sort of stand and pose. The exception is relagated to a few exceptional actors, but the women carry the narative most of the time.

[@gmhalmeoni2085]

I’ve been watching Korean dramas for 20 years, mainly because of the great actresses in them. The moment I saw Kim Young-ok, Kim Hye Ja, Choi JinSil & Lee YoungAe in different dramas, I had to find & watch everything they were in. It is fascinating to me how in Korea the women are the by far better actors & the young leading men are often from wildly popular K-pop groups and are not really actors. Thus they stand there & look handsome or they yell loudly at the female lead all the time because they have to do something & it sort of distracts fans from noticing that they cannot act… the cute K-pop guys might draw some viewers, but the lead actress & the senior actors of both genders are what keep viewers. (Goes without saying that the writing is key as well!)

[@Omar_ToxicBanana1701]

Its a global issue with all famous women...not only in Korea and not only recently...even in the past they barely maintsin connection they keep getting divorced...simply because a famous woman's dating pool is very small...considering she tends to be rich and successful...finding the guy who is more successful yet taller than her can be challenging...let alone one she can achieve emotional connection with.

[@tonydevos]

"Had fans on the edge of their seats..." fans need to get a life

[@ntombimoyo9760]

Fans can be unhinged😂😂😂😂😂😂they really should let these people live

[@homosapien-z8x]

its not just south korea but in many country its happening if they work hard to make a movie hit and give profit then why they give then low money compere to male actor . i'm happy that people talking about this isssu well i love your videos though♥

[@gmhalmeoni2085]

I have been wondering for years why she suddenly disappeared from tv. I used to watch every show she’d do. She might not be a Kim HyeJa (my absolute favorite actress) but she was always fun to watch because her sunny personality shone through. To find that she’s been the victim of classic Korean on-line bullying just breaks my heart. Leave the poor girl alone. Look what you did to the marvelous Choi JinSil.

[@bradmenpes809]

A gender wage gap of 31.1% is utterly disgraceful. It is time for females to be paid the same amount of money as males for the same jobs. If you are a female lead in a drama or film, you should be paid the same money the male lead receives. It really is that simple. In fact, an argument could be made that famous female leads should be paid the most money for any given project. But this thinking might confuse some people so let's just focus on evening things up.

[@bigoldman]

This is not true. Korea 여성가족부 spreas fake statistics. This kinds of news also made with their money

[@skillbopster]

So a film that is small budget that has a female lead should get paid the same as a large budget film with a well known male lead? 'In fact, an argument could be made that famous female leads should be paid the most money for any given project' Mask off moment for you there, thanks for showing feminism is NOT about equality. Your whole post was first a call for equity (not equality) and then flat out supremacy.

[@bradmenpes809]

@@skillbopster A small budget film is not the same as a large budget film. The argument is paying men and women the same amount of money for *the same work.* Why is this concept hard for you to grasp? Also, this is not feminism. It is equity. So how you move from equity to supremacy doesn't even make sense. Should Sigourney Weaver have been paid less money for Aliens than her male costars given she is the undisputed lead actor and face of the franchise? Try and use your brain next time.

[@lendlalfred7870]

South Korean laws prohibit men from getting paid more than women. The reason for the gender pay gap is that men work longer hours than women. It has very little to do with gender discrimination. If companies can get away with paying women less than men, many businesses would simply hire all women. Secondly, male leads tend to get paid more is simple. Supply and demand. Their popularity will bring in more audiences, more audiences come with more views, which will generate revenues. Female leads do work hard, but the male leads typically bring more attention and money to the set, that's why the pay is different. It's simple business 101

[@MAYA-lofi]

@@bradmenpes809 I think you are new to the industry. It's not about who should be paid less or who should be paid more. It's about who pulls more audience towards movie. When a movie is made everyone there works including cameramen, makeup artist, producer, director etc. But do all of them paid equally? Nope. In k-drama, most popular celebrities are males then it's obvious they pull most audience. So it's makes sense they are paid more.

[@patriciajackson6285]

Wow! This is disheartening, but allegedly so true in the male dominated SK. However, across the globe, allegedly male A list actors, and A list models, makes😢 more money than the females of the same industry. This is no secret. This is alleged to be true in corporate environments around the globe men make more money than their qualified female colleague. It’s 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other. It’s been this way since forever.😢

[@eskie7162]

1/2 a dozen is 6😂😂

[@patriciajackson6285]

@@eskie7162 Well aware. I know math. However, the old phrase or thought, of saying half a dozen in one hand or 6 in the other means: it’s all the same, nothing changes, because 6 is the same whether it is half a dozen or 6, it’s all the same, no changes. Do you understand now? In other words nothing is changing with men being paid more money for the same work or skills than females of the same caliber, it’s never changing, it has been this way forever across the entertainment industry and the corporate world.😞

[@eskie7162]

@@patriciajackson6285 thank you for breaking it down, as I haven’t heard this before, but the analogy certainly makes sense 🤣

[@skillbopster]

Female models make miles more than male models.

[@MAYA-lofi]

@@patriciajackson6285 The one who brings the more audience should be paid more.

[@mlamarana]

China they pay actors/actresses based on their star power. You see the top females getting top billed in dramas because they are worth it. Wish Korea will adopt that too

[@Beybladfan]

Chinese drama Make better Storyline than korean dreams they Respect their fans but Korean Celebrities Rude behaviour Attitude..

[@Revengestar]

It is always so strange to me seeing those Korean news headlines of "So and So Kpop actress or male Kpop idol involved in a scandal" and you click expecting horrific crimes and it's a ....grown man going to dinner with a grown woman!?! Oh wow, so he is a normal human being who wants to find a partner, now everyone has to be horrified and immediately stop supporting them. The fake fans who harass someone for dating or wanting to be married are selfish, because in their mind they would always have a chance to date that celebrity and now that the celebrity is taken, the chance is gone. Delusional. In reality they had no chance to begin with.

[@naldo3008]

That's really unfair i really understand these women

[@nt_202]

The attention towards female celebrities is less than male celebrities. But not that drastically less to have such huge earning difference.

[@beatebender]

I can clearly understand their arguments and under this point just agree. The gender pay gap, they have to work a lot and if a baby is there, they have to make everything at home. That is for an European so 60ties, but as an older person I know this behaviour too well. And the president is such an old and traditional thinking man, forget about him. But another big point is with the celebs that Netizens condemn them if they are just dating, a harmless dinner and they want to boycott their idols. I really admire those Idols that they face those problems and more and understand if they say under those circumstances I don‘t want a relationship!

[@chuachua-hj9zd]

Any Korean females here? What is your view on this matter?

[@CalmSoul.514]

Korea needs to handle this...

[@Iamliterallythatgirl]

Ya be done with men 😂

[@nicatina]

What do they "need" to handle exactly? If anything, they don't control no one.

[@BrockCool]

I think miss k drama have personal problem with kim soo hyun i think out of 10 ,7 times she high wages, i think kim soo hyun is not 1 generation actor in past there many hallyu star for example bae yong joon who history regarding earning money surprise you he was richest korean actor in his times and close friend and boss of kim soo hyun when he was rokiee

[@Forpink-pinku]

You look like a misogynistic person

[@julieandjullienvlog]

Sad to know Korean regret this in the future

[@ryanellison1652]

Just my opinions and thoughts about situations, in cultures in communication and communities treating anyone who equals to level, understanding, it’s understandable women, treatments of course, if women be coming single mothers with children that should be treat equally in everything in value as well too.

[@Nattapong69]

Song Hye Kyo made less than Kim Soo Hyun each episode because Kim has a stronger female fandom. He makes the creators more money. So its actually womens fault that female celebrities make less money. They celebrity worship male actors more than female actors. So male actors get paid more.

[@maozedong8370]

These things are quite complex. I have worked in analytics before so I know a bit about how this all works. It is quite complicated. Men tend to gravitate towards pretty women or cool dudes, but they tend to not be as overzealous as female fans are. When it comes to women, they tend to just follow whatever is trendy amongst other women that they know. Like a ripple effect, if certain "popular girls" like a certain male celebrity, the women associating with them will start to get interested too and the whole thing just expands from there. Women also talk a lot about supporting other women, but they really don't. It is the same reason the WMBA is so bad and has no fans. If you want to appeal to women, you have almost got to market a product in a cultish type of way otherwise they probably won't get interested. Kim Soo Hyun is probably marketed in such a way that does his, but Song Hye Kyo with her age now among other factors probably just doesn't get the attention. I work as a psychologist now so I know even more about human behavior. These things are jut kind of funny to me now. I find it amusing when a group claims one thing, but all the tests point to another. They can lie to me, but they can't lie to themselves. They know what they want even if they try to hide it.

[@Mox2077]

" He makes the creators more money." - that may be true for the sports or music industry, but doesn't translate that directly to movies and TV series ... yes, a popular male actor might draw in more viewers, BUT the female lead is just as pivotal for the success of the series. Female representation in a male band or a male sports team doesn't matter; but you can't have a "romantic comedy" without the female lead (well, you can, but somehow I doubt a gay romance wouldn't really rake up the numbers in the same degree, and definitely not in hyper traditional Korea). Thus it is outright discrimination when a female lead is paid substantial less than the male lead. And in the example of "Song Hye Kyo made less than Kim Soo Hyun"...that might have been the case, but as The Glory was WILDLY more popular than "One Ordinary Day" (I've never even heard of the latter), by your argument, Song Hye Kyo should be paid substantial more than Kim Soo Hyun in her next role because her drama gathered far more attention than One Ordinary Day - and let's be realistic here: We all know that won't be the case!

[@glocar243]

The mistake is to believe that you have to pay someone more because he’s more attractive to women and makes you more money. That is treating your actors as products, not as professional workers. It makes me sick.

[@bradmenpes809]

Try and make a romantic drama without a strong female lead. You can't. So your comment simply perpetrates an argument to have females paid less for the same work as males. And to blame females for why female celebrities are paid less money than males is gaslighting.

[@maozedong8370]

@@glocar243 Actors ARE products. Their earnings directly correlate to the amount of capital they bring in. If he brought in 100 million for instance and she only brings in 30 million, it is asinine to expect them to be paid the same. People like you who say this are just lazy and want to live in a career where you teammate makes all the money for doing all the work or bringing in customers and you get to make bank off their success just because you're in the team. That is ridiculous, you're ridiculous. Learn how business works, your foolish ideals mean nothing in the face of marketing analytics.

[@NickNekko]

Performance has nothing to do with pay. There are great American actors that aren't paid well because no one comes to see them. You be a crappy actor but huge box office draw and demand top dollar. This is the power of agents. Maybe the problem in Korea is the agents. How much you are paid is based on how much they expect you to draw based on past success. I thought Han So Hee is the highest paid Korean actress right now? She deserves it because she is a proven audience draw. 🤔

[@wj0067]

I don't know how it works in South Korea... so I can't comment on any "gender pay gap". In the US/CAN... it's based much more on "asses in the seats", how well your last project did, and how well you(and/or your agent) can Negotiate. The first two giving you more or less leverage in your negotiation.

[@ainulashikin1567]

is it true in Korea if you married and has a child, woman supposed to take care of child? man effort only 2% on child care..is this why, korean woman do not want to marry

[@LIZYENAIZIGHA]

Every one make sacrifices

[@rebornpam]

Miryang 44. The Korean government doesn’t care.

[@julieandjullienvlog]

Sad to this story if true i hope government of Korea give attention to this is affected the future generation

[@Uservb8mhj]

There are problems you do not mention. You judge SKorea from an American point of view. The problems sre huge but things are not the eay you say.. By the wy, being a mother is not an illness.

[@heykay5610]

The Han So Hee controversy seems to be a different type. Since she went through a very public divorce a few years ago that tarnished her career for a while, she should have known what would happen if she started something online, and she seemed to be the one that kept the posts going. Ryu's ex made a veiled comment, So Hee started commenting, Ryu made zero comment and as far as I remember his ex didnt make any comment after the first poke. So Hee just kept interacting with uninvolved internet haters. After all is said and done her reputation is fine (she and Ryu lost the project they were working on together, and she'll probably keep getting mean comments online), the ex girl is fine, but Ryu did nothing and lost work directly from her actions within days of her comments and will probably always get hate from it. He's still being called a red flag, as if he was the one stirring up hate towards his ex ...long rant i know, but this one hurt the male more than the female though the female caused it.

[@glocar243]

@@heykay5610 I don’t know why anyone cares about a girl (actress or no actress) venting out online if she wants to do so. It’s no one’s business, just hers, her boyfriend and his ex. It’s like overhearing people you don’t know arguing in a bar: would you intervene or just observe from the sidelines? This is a similar case. Just let the girl scream and shout if she wants to and do not try to make the whole thing a bigger deal than it is. My two cents.

[@heykay5610]

@@glocar243 I wish people would just listen and disregard like that. Sadly there's hundred of thousands of people glomming onto whatever opinion they hear first or that resounds with them. I think he was pretty classy during the whole business, keeping silent and letting it blow over, but he still lost a lot from it.

[@glocar243]

@@heykay5610 Having an opinion on something of import to people is understandable and welcome. Having an opinion on a personal matter of no consequence to anyone but those involved is completely superfluous. I don’t give a hoot if that girl lost the rag or if the guy stayed quiet. Making assumptions about these people over their behaviours online is just creating a narrative. You could equally say that the girlfriend was defending herself from a passive aggressive attack from the ex… or that the guy, instead of being classy, was a total coward not defending his girlfriend… Why to assume the girl is “wrong” just for expressing emotion and not acting like an aloof cold individual? There is a different way of interpreting this story: Women are punished for showing their emotions.

[@irltefferson]

Small diqs.😂

[@DianaOsazenaye]

why but not sur

[@BrockCool]

Coupang play which small korean ott platform vs Netflix giant and ur saying it less popular makes your statement of glory success not suitable , one odniary day was remake British tv series so international not interested so target audience was Korean which small platform compared to korean ott giant tving, others

[@pennyc8252]

One ordinary day is boring cant watched 2 episodes😢

[@lucrecevonkasm]

My heart goes out to the women of South Korea. Me too. 🤍🙏🏻

[@viveksinghrawat2006]

The wage gap is a myth, because it compares apples to oranges. that the disparity has nothing to do with gender. He stated that an actor is paid his/her remuneration based on their ability to attract audiences and generate revenue for films, rather than gender. Should I flight attendant make the same money as a pilot? Should a nurse make the same as a doctor? If a man works 50 hours per week, and a woman works 38 hours, should they make the same weekly pay? Should a woman with 5 years experience make the same as a man with 20 years experience? It's all about who can make public watch more series and movies based on that salary is given

[@maozedong8370]

I made a similar comment, you are absolutely right. Most people only look at things face value and instead of analyzing things properly, it is easier for them to just pick a random reason and role with it.

[@Mox2077]

" If a man works 50 hours per week, and a woman works 38 hours, should they make the same weekly pay" - now if that isn't comparing apples to oranges and what an utter piss-poor example to bring forth.

[@StickerSupremecy127]

Okay. So how about a woman and a man who are both doctors? How about a male and a female pilot? How about a male and female with both 20 years experience? Why does the woman still make less? In your point you are comparing a lower stakes job with a hugher stakes job which would OBVIOUSLY have pay gap. Why arent you addressing the pay gap between men and women with the same credentials

[@glocar243]

@@StickerSupremecy127 They are not addressing it because it doesn’t suit their narrative. For this person Kim Soo Hyun is a pilot and Song Hye Kyo is a flight attendant 🙄, that tells you everything you need to know about their argument.

[@bradmenpes809]

The argument is *females doing the same work as males not being paid the same money.* So in your rant you've not presented an argument, but just utter crap. Without a strong female lead, the male lead wouldn't make any money at all in a drama - particularly in a romantic drama - because there wouldn't be a drama. Try and use your brain before you make any more comments.

[@iwantsifegold]

Dear South Korea just have a visa program for a couple of Dominican 18-year-olds and they will take care of the rest. You’re welcome.

[@nandi_m04]

Eww. Selling your women and making them to seem like nothing but s3x objects. Worse part is many people have still not fully developed (physically and mentally) at that age.

[@emmasharna7708]

South Korean women need to be more mentally strong.

[@maozedong8370]

To be honest, in this day and age, EVERYONE needs to be more mentally strong. I can't even make dark humor jokes anymore without people complaining about it and entertainment has become incredibly weak. They don't even talk to each other like people, but like robots reading a script. I have seen scenes in western entertainment where even people brought to the brink of anger are still using polite language and it makes no logical sense. Lets bring back the racist, sexist and all types of other jokes that made entertainment fun. I am sick of them childproofing everything, I am not a child, I want some gritty entertainment ffs. I went on a huge tangent, but do you agree with my take?

[@ike7484]

At least do some basic research on the rates of women abuse and discrimination in Korea before leaving such a tonedeaf comment.

[@glocar243]

@@maozedong8370 I certainly don’t. Why would anyone want racist and sexist content? 😳

[@maozedong8370]

@@glocar243 Ugh.... It's not racist or sexist, they're jokes. You know what jokes are right? I am sick of entertainment aimed at toddlers like you.

[@nightkingengti3940]

Bcoz korean modern girls focused more on Looking beautiful Staying young using many plastic surgery More independent life High living cost So they loss interest in marriage.

[@Mox2077]

Congratulations! You've made it clear to everyone that you're part of the problem and not the solution.

[@glocar243]

@@nightkingengti3940 Nah I don’t think so… My gut tells me that the guys around these girls are just not worth it.

[@bigoldman]

@@nightkingengti3940 Exactly as a Korean guy. Korean women are so toxic and now passport bros movement is very popular in Korea

[@nightkingengti3940]

@@glocar243 may be that's why they want to marry men from different countries. Also Korean won currency is way too low compared to dollar $1= 1,319 won. Mens hard-earned money will do nothing in western or EU countries.

[@glocar243]

@@nightkingengti3940 I’d say it’s not money, it’s mentality. Korean men, and many women too, seem to be a bit stuck in the Confucian mindset and are playing by the patriarchal rules in the marriage field. They could be more open to share taking care of kids and not needing to own a home or have x amount of money before marriage. Women should not demand their men to earn more than them. That’s retrograde and not helpful.

[@namelessking6540]

Male actors carry the series. Make a series without men it will earn nothing but a men only action movie can easily earn millions.

[@srinidhikarthikbs981]

I don't get it. Just marry a financially stable guy and you won't have to worry about your career again. If you choose career over everything else, you can't complain about it because all that follows is self-inflicted. You can't have the cake and eat it too.

[@rarelyrainy]

So abandon all your dreams for marriage?