Chapter 41 "Women are not allowed to enter"

Women rank first in the judicial examination, 54% of judges and prosecutors are appointed by women, and more and more outstanding female juniors are emerging... Although there are many women who are more outstanding than men in today's society, they are brave enough to break new ground, but there are still many places in the world that have been labeled "women should not enter" whether visible or invisible. On January 17, 2005, in order to understand the actual situation of coal mines and meet pneumoconiosis patients, I went to Donghae, Taebaek, and Dogye in Gangwon-do.The secretary's office informed the coal mine personnel in advance, asking them to let us enter the tunnel to directly experience the miners' workplace, but received a surprising answer.The coal mine said: "Women are not allowed to enter."

"I didn't expect that there is a place where women are forbidden to enter!" Because it is a very dangerous workplace, they set up a lot of taboos, which I can fully understand, but "If you want to understand the actual situation in the coal mining area, if you only go to the entrance of the coal mine, how can you understand the working environment of the miners and know about pneumoconiosis What about the pain of the patients?" I asked the secretary's office to convey my thoughts again.After finally asking the local councilors to communicate with them, the coal mine side allowed me to go inside.

After putting on the hard hats and searchlights used by miners, the trousers and boots worn by miners, we arrived at the mining field at a depth of 3,300 meters underground.There is a lot of dust in the mining field, and within ten minutes after entering, the whole face has turned black, and only the eyes can be seen.Due to the geothermal heat, the whole body is sweating, and the coal dust is everywhere in the mining site, which makes it almost blinding.I was deeply moved to see the fathers who worked so hard for their families in such a harsh environment.I was in the lane for an hour and forty minutes.It is absolutely impossible to know the hard work of the miners without actually entering the mining field.

When I came out of the mining field and entered the miners' lounge, I happened to see a few miners who had finished their work and were about to go home, as well as the miners who were about to enter the mining field after a shift. "Have you ever been in the alley? Why do you want to go in? It must be very uncomfortable. You just need to listen to the report outside." "I've already been here, how can I be considered to have been here if I didn't enter the mining field? I need to understand how hard the environment you work in, so that I can know how to help you."

And just like that, I broke their taboo.Although their taboo was broken, what they feared did not happen. There are also many taboos about women hidden in politics.When I first entered the political circle, the first and biggest obstacle I faced came when I decided to run for party vice president.I rejected the vice president position that would have been reserved for women, that is, the designated vice president, and insisted on being elected through election.At that time, I could feel the feeling that as a woman, as a woman, you just need to take up the designated position and cooperate with the party's guidance department. This is also a kind of taboo.

I broke the taboo of women playing supporting roles in the directing department and ended up being elected as the vice president elected by the campaign.Afterwards, Councilors Kim Young-sun and Chun Li-ok were also elected by party members and became the Supreme Council members.These few have encountered many twists and turns, and there are many outstanding women in politics who are working hard to break taboos.I believe that one day in the future, more than half of the leadership of the Grand National Party elected through elections will be women.

I have met countless women who are very passionate, confident, and extremely honest, but there are countless taboo lines in front of their eyes.For example: the company will rate the assessment as B if you are pregnant, the society generally believes that women need to bear the responsibility of raising children, invisible obstacles that hinder promotion...but they bravely crossed the taboo line.In particular, I know how much hard work and effort it takes to cross those taboo lines. I think that hard work and hard work can not only make women happy, but also make men happy.There are no taboo lines, and if we can understand each other better, we can lighten each other's burdens.

Men in our country have too many burdens on their shoulders, they are always under great work pressure, and they are constantly running around for their families.From now on, share some of the burden on your shoulders with women, and let yourself lighten that heavy responsibility a little. Try looking back at your own family right now.How wise and shrewd are the wives and daughters!As a father who loves his daughter, he must hope that his daughter can become an outstanding talent and teach and nurture her, right?If daughters can share a little of the burden of society, the world will be a better place, and I believe fathers know this very well.Only by clearing the taboo line can everyone become happy.

Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Merkel of Germany, President Halonen of Finland, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of the United States, Secretary of State of Hillary Clinton, Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina...There are countless women in the world who are in charge of politics. and economic positions.This is the trend all over the world. We should not still hold the prejudice that "women are not yet good enough" and ignore their abilities.