However, women’s empowerment as mothers is undermined in the context of a capitalist economy, which requires everyone to be able to earn a living by selling her or his labor or knowledge for money.
When this happens, women’s unpaid care work loses its function as a source of social security and personal satisfaction.
In South Korea, this individualistic view, promoted by the capitalist economy, was contained in family law (referring to in parts 4 and 5 of the civil code), and characterized by the “family master” system (hojuje).