User:Mathberbi/kkirikkiri:draft

- Although Kkirikkiri is the only

lesbian group with a relatively stable organization, lesbians have begun

to make their presence known on the Internet and other places. In

Korea, opportunities to make sexual contacts are distinctly different

for females and males. Even when menstruation and pregnancy are

disregarded, it is very difficult for women to have a spontaneous

attitude towards their own sexuality.Women could more accurately be

called non-sexual entities, since, in Korean society, women are caught

up in the double standard of a conservative sexual ideology that

stresses motherhood, chastity, and virginity. In these circumstances, it

is extremely difficult for lesbians to actively come to terms with their

own sexuality. Even so, at least the lesbian identity of relatively refined,

middle-class university students and unmarried graduates has

begun to be understood. Although there is only one place so far, a

lesbian bar (Lesbos) has now opened in Seoul, and Kkirikkirimembership

is rapidly expanding. Even though the distinction between transvestite

and exclusive lesbians in Korea must still be seen as various

shades on a continuum, it has become possible to recognize the existence

of lesbians as distinct from heterosexuals.