Stereotype Gender in Rookie Historian Korean Drama

            Talking about the gender stereotype, korean drama, Rookie historian Goo hae ryung also raised this issue. The drama with the theme of romance comedy and history is set in the Joseon era in the 19th century, at which time the issue of stereotyping of women is still strong.

            Stereotypes are like descriptions of views on something, where one is considered higher or stronger and the other is considered lower or weak. So the main stereotype in terms of gender is very detrimental and creates injustice.

            In this drama Goo Hae Ryung is a woman who became a first generation female historian. This is where he and his friends are underestimated just because of a woman. Whereas originally Hae Ryung and his friends who became historians were noble women with insight. But the fact that she is a woman still makes her underestimated.

            Hae Ryung's fellow historians, aka their seniors who are all male, do not show the slightest kindness to female historians. They even got bullied all the way from the first day they came to work.

            And it's not just female historians, at this time all women were considered weak and powerless. And not only in Joseon, in this century gender stereotypes are everywhere, in Indonesia itself for example.