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Korean Confucianism has been described as “the enemy of feminism”: feminists often argue that Confucianism is the source of the patriarchal society. Feminist scholars have produced significant works about Confucianism's role in preserving the idea of women's subordination to men; they argue that the idea of men's superiority to women is embedded in Confucian philosophy. In this article I will examine whether Confucian philosophy is responsible for women's subordination to men in such Confucian texts as Naehun, The Book of Change, The Book of Poetry, and The Analects. Naehun was written by the mother of King Sǒngjong in 1475, for the purpose of the Confucian education of Korean women; I will look also at other, related, Confucian texts used for Korean women's education. Confucian classics such as The Book of Change, The Book of Poetry and Confucian Analects will be included in the analysis to investigate whether Confucianism legitimizes women's subordination tomen. In the analysis of these Confucian classics, I will focus on the ongoing debate between scholars of Confucianism and feminism in Korea today.

The human condition is the main source of motivation in my art. Humans believe they are at the top of the hierarchical ecological system, and are trained to behave in specific ways to fit into \"mainstream\" society. What many do not realize, or like to acknowledge, is that humans are animals, with animal instincts. We eat, excrete, procreate, protect ourselves, and attack others. My interest in these parallels leads me to depict creatures that are part human, part animal. These hybrids are combinations of real animals and people that exist in the world. The project Hairy Tales presents my own version of society via satirical, metaphorical, large-scale, interactive pop-up prints. I am influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies, from Korean cultural artifacts such as Minhwa and Jiokdo, to Jean Baudrillard\"s critical writing, On Seduction , and the paintings of fifteenth century artists Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel.