-Thank you for actually calling me by name rather than "Canada"
-There are few studies that have actually studied and compared acculturation
across cultures so I'm not sure where you get this information about certain
cultures (Korean among them) having less difficulty adapting to Western
society.
-certain things like language learning difficulties, speaking with an
accent, and visual minority status have a great impact on acculturation
-Koreans *have* had great difficulty adapting to Western society and
acculturation difficulties still exist in 2nd and 3rd generation Koreans
-althought many Asian cultures may practice Confucianism, Christianity is
the major religion in Korea
-acculturation is a lifelong process and is not static.
-who's well-to-do?
-Yes, I'm well educated, as are many Koreans in Canada and Korea (Western
societies don't have a monopoly on good academic institutions). Education
doesn't have consistent affects on acculturation
-No, I'm not representative of the population of Korean women back in Korea
(I consider Canada my home, thank you) - mainly because I am much more
inclined toward feminism than women in Korea are.
-It is a Western male fantasy that Korean husbands are expected to beat
their wives occasionally.
-Korea is an extremely patriarchal culture and therefore, any beating that
occurs, whether to wives or children, by the fathers is not unusual or
unexpected.
-Enough already.
Nancie
