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Cultural Studies From My Sassy Girl, the principal ideologies for debate that can be found are the ones on the positions of females and youths. We have talked about how the movie denotes an anti-stereotypical angle, yet reinforces gender stereotypes as its final word. At a superficial level, the liberalisation of women from the subordination to men is embodied in Jih Yun. Overall, the status of women in the show is shown to be more powerful and dictatorial too. This is a departure from expected cultural codes of behaviour for women, guarded by the teachings of Confucius: A. Sam-jong-jido: women mustserve three males: the father, husband and son.B .Ch'il-go-ji-ak women mustnot do the seven evils (disobedience to parents in law, infertility, adultery,jealousy, bad illness, talkativeness and stealing)C. Pu-haeng-pyon codes for women's behavior include:l) women should stay in their assigned status;2) must not go outside of their own houses for social activities;3) should make food and clothing for men;4) should not become involved in political affairs;5) accept marriages arranged by parents. Source: Chung Sei-wha;Challenges for Women Seoul: Ewha Woman's University Press Scratching beneath the superficial, Jih Yun, far from vocal