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Sayuri s decision to be single mother draws attention as Korea seeks to embrace diverse forms of family Posted : 2021-05-21 10:52 Sayuri and her son, Zen / Korea Times file Sayuri, a Japanese TV personality who lives in Seoul, starts her day before 4 a.m. when her five month-old baby wakes up. She has to skip her own breakfast as she is occupied feeding and comforting her child. An unmarried woman who chose to be a single mother, Sayuri gave birth to her son, Zen, through artificial insemination. Her day and night struggle has been broadcast on KBS every Sunday since early May on the popular child-rearing reality show The Return of Superman. ....
“If you are tempted to over-eat or skip exercise, take a look at the clothes.” As they near their due date, women should clear their fridge of items that are about to go off and prepare three to four meals, such as curry and soup, that their husbands, “who are unaccustomed to cooking,” can simply heat up while they are fending for themselves. They must also make sure to leave enough changes of clothes for three days to a week for their husband and children, it said, adding: “And buy a hairband so that you don’t look dishevelled after having the baby.” ....
South Korea Faces Backlash for Telling Pregnant Women They Shouldn t Gain Weight Bonnie Stiernberg, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Pregnant women already have to put up with plenty of unsolicited advice from loved ones and strangers alike, but this is beyond the pale: a set of guidelines posted online recently by the South Korean government has been removed after being called out for its sexist suggestions that pregnant women try not to gain weight, prepare meals for their husbands and do their best to not “look disheveled” after giving birth. As The Guardian reports, the guidelines advised that expectant mothers in the early stages of pregnancy should avoid putting off housework because it would help them maintain a healthy weight. “Hang the clothes you wore before you were pregnant in a place where they are easy to see as that will motivate you to keep your weight under control and go back to the same weight you were before you gave birth,” the re ....
South Korea sparks anger with pregnancy advice telling women not to look ‘dishevelled’ April Roach A South Korea government has come under fire for advising pregnant women not to look “dishevelled” and ensure their husbands have enough food while they are giving birth in hospital. The advice, which was posted on a Seoul city government-run website, have since been taken down. Expectant mothers were told to buy a hairband so that they “don’t look dishevelled after having the baby”. The guidelines were published by the city government’s pregnancy and childbirth information centre and the content was “supervised” by the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, reports the Korean Herald. ....