I was following a day of a boxer, Whawon. Her sparring partners have been always male boxers, there being none of female ones around. But now as a champion, she was helping a junior by being her sparring partner. She didn’t say a word while being attacked incessantly, but all of a sudden she shouted to the younger colleague, “Don’t close your eyes! Keep them open even when you are being hit!”
But how could you, and why? You bleed, bite your tongue, your face swollen, your bones broken. But she says there’s something there.
It’s often been said that to be born and to live as a woman in this country is like to being thrown to the ring with no gloves at all. That’s why though things seem to get better for women, still the rate of baby-girl abortions is very high causing serious gender imbalance in Korea. However, there are some girls who do look for their gloves (literally), and stand in the center of the ring. These are the faces I'm in love with, ready to be hit but to hit back as well. I might use the first part of Simon and Garfunkel’s song, ‘boxer’ changing just one word for my project. “I’m just a poor ‘girl’, though my story’s seldom told.”
It’s often been said that to be born and to live as a woman in this country is like to being thrown to the ring with no gloves at all. That’s why though things seem to get better for women, still the rate of baby-girl abortions is very high causing serious gender imbalance in Korea. However, there are some girls who do look for their gloves (literally), and stand in the center of the ring. These are the faces I'm in love with, ready to be hit but to hit back as well. I might use the first part of Simon and Garfunkel’s song, ‘boxer’ changing just one word for my project. “I’m just a poor ‘girl’, though my story’s seldom told.”
