Drift Reality

The women in Korea have a uniquely difficult position in life. From what I’ve managed to gather, the ideal Korean girl has large eyes, is thin to the point of anorexia, has flawless skin, does not talk very loudly, covers her mouth when she laughs, does not have sex until she is married, does all of the household chores, and lies on her back doing nothing during sex.

Also, from what I gather, a Korean woman can expect to marry a man who drinks on a daily basis, acts grumpy most of the time, is selfish and uncaring at home, will sometimes yell expletives, and will physically abuse their family in order to keep them in line.

I have a friend who shall remain nameless. She is divorced from her x-husband and has a young daughter. One of my students had provided me with two tickets to see the Korean National Symphony Orchestra and I had decided to invite this friend.

We planned to meet in front of the subway station near the concert hall but she never showed up. I ended up wandering around the area, intermittently calling her hand phone, which she did not answer. Perturbed, I went to a bar and had quite a few drinks.

The next day, she called me, apologizing profusely. She explained rather nonchalantly that her x-husband had visited her home and they had gotten into a headed discussion about something that she referred to as “nothing important.”

The heated discussion soon turned into a full blown fight that culminated in him punching her in the face, knocking her to the ground, and taking her phone, which is the reason I couldn’t get a hold of her.

The incident repeated itself some months later, at which time I told her that she should call the police. This time she had been punched in the torso as well as in the face. She told me that she was worried what might happen to her daughter if she pressed charges against her husband. I responded by asking what might potentially happen to her daughter if this supposed man, who was coward enough to hit a woman, went unpunished.

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