Plastic surgery, forced dieting, missing school and long working hours.
Being a teen entertainer in Korea demands more than talent and effort. At least one out of every 10 young entertainers is sexually objectified by their superiors, including being forced to reveal certain body parts and receive plastic surgery, a government survey said Monday.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Youth Policy Analysis and Evaluation Center last month jointly conducted a survey with 103 entertainers ― 53 male and 50 female ― aged between 9 and 24. Among the 88 participants who are age 19 or younger, 56.1 percent said they had been told to lose weight to work in the industry, while 14.6 percent said they were advised to get plastic surgery.
About 10 percent of the teen respondents said they have exposed specific parts of their body for work, such as legs, breasts and buttocks. Among them, 60 percent of the female teens said they were forced to do so.
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Kim Ki-hun, a research fellow at the Youth Policy Analysis and Evaluation Center, said the problems young entertainers face now can have a life-long impact. “Many of them experience 'sexual objectification' without knowing they are victimized,” Kim told The Korea Herald. “There has to be a legal safety net so they can enjoy their basic rights as teenagers, such as access to education.”
On Monday, Gender and Family Minister Paik Hee-young told reporters the ministry will “draw measures against sexualization of young entertainers.” The Youth Policy Analysis and Evaluation Center will hold a seminar to brainstorm possible measures to protect the teens ― from legal sanctions to education rights and support networks ― on Thursday.
There is nothing uniquely Korean about this problem. Young people (especially girls) are sexually exploited all over the world. You cannot really be shocked or blame the entertainment industry for pushing young girls to show more skin. The first wave of blame should always fall on the consumers. We dictate these groups' success with our dollars and the industry knows that teenage sex appeal sells. People should not be disgusting perverts. But perhaps that is too much to ask to bend so hard against the human nature of dirty old men.
The second wave of blame should fall on the parents and family members of these children. Kids have no legal right to work without their parents' consent. Parents should be protecting their children from sexual exploitation, but some probably push it themselves to get more money and fame from their children.
Teenage pop groups are all the rage at the moment in Korea. No new group (at least girl group) is being formed without a member or two under the age of eighteen. This is clever marketing because the younger the age, the more young adults admire and respond to a person that is the same age as them achieving fame and success. Minzy of 2NE1 was only fifteen years old when she joined the group last year, and she is easily the favorite member of the group amongst teenage girls of the same age.
A good example relating to this issue is the KPOP group 4Minute. Last year when they formed all the members were either 18 years of age or younger. Because they are so young, you can see in their videos how careful the group is to keep their breasts and legs covered. But can you really get young women to shake their bodies in front of a camera and have it not be in any way sexual? Additional laws protecting children are a good thing, but outraged consumers need to look at themselves in the mirror first and check to make sure the guilt is not right in front of them.
Get ready for the pun... this is such a hot issue!
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