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Asian Family Violence Report: Korean
  • 32% of Korean surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner

  • 80% of the respondents were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up

  • 3% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner

  • Koreans said a battered woman should turn to a friend for help (41%), but felt that a woman should turn to a family member (29%), not tell anyone (29%).

  • Korean men surveyed hold attitudes that support domestic violence more than women.

  • Focus group expressed that Koreans experience a feeling of powerlessness because they are immigrants. As a result they exert power in their home, taking out their frustration on someone who who has even less power.
 
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