10,963
edits
Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.
South Korea: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
<!--T:8--> | <!--T:8--> | ||
In South Korea, you can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> You can buy many birth control brands, like Mercilon, without a prescription at pharmacies (if you ask the pharmacist for it). However, some contraceptive brands may require a prescription. For example, a female backpacker said that South Korean pharmacists told her that she needed a prescription for Yasmin. However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them. | |||
<!--T:9--> | <!--T:9--> | ||
In 2012, President Pak Geun-Hye and | In 2012, President Pak Geun-Hye and her conservative government announced that the Korean Food & Drug Administration was considering reclassification of birth control pills, which would make the pills prescription-only. This caused public outrage and wide online discussion of the issue. Three months later, the proposal was dropped. It was decided to put the reclassification on hold for three years -- and, to this day, it seems to remain on hold. As reported in Korea Bang, "Asides from the 'woman’s right to choose' argument, one of the reasons Korean women get upset over the issue is perhaps cultural: unmarried Korean women rarely visit a gynaecologist. Even when seriously ill, a visit to a gynaecology clinic would be reluctant for fear of the disapproving stares around them. That’s not to mention the social pressure on Korean women to remain sexually naïve."<ref>[http://www.koreabang.com/2012/stories/law-on-contraceptive-pill-changes.html Law on Contraceptive Pill Changes]</ref> | ||
<!--T:10--> | <!--T:10--> | ||
| Line 133: | Line 133: | ||
<!--T:46--> | <!--T:46--> | ||
While tampons are available, they are not sold everywhere, as most South Korean women only use them for swimming. | The most commonly used menstrual product in South Korea is pads/pantyliners. While tampons are available, they are not sold everywhere, as most South Korean women only use them for swimming. | ||
<!--T:84--> | |||
As of October 2017, South Korea still does not officially permit the sale of menstrual cups. While the country manufactures menstrual cups that are sold to other countries, the government has not approved of such sales within South Korea.<ref>[http://helloflo.com/menstrual-cups-that-are-made-in-south-korea-can-be-sold-in-the-us-but-not-in-south-korea/ Menstrual Cups That Are Made In South Korea Can Be Sold In The US, But Not In South Korea]</ref> | |||
<!--T:85--> | |||
There is a movement of DIY menstrual products, partially in reaction to the expensive prices of menstrual products in the country. To learn more about the movement, click [https://qz.com/995025/an-outcry-over-diy-period-pads-has-sparked-a-national-menstruation-conversation-in-korea/ here]. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:47--> | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:47--> | ||
| Line 143: | Line 149: | ||
===Costs=== <!--T:49--> | ===Costs=== <!--T:49--> | ||
<!--T:86--> | |||
* The cost of pads/sanitary napkins (the most common menstrual product in South Korea) is expensive, and the prices continue to rise. On GMarket (the largest ecommerce site in South Korea), a 10-pack of pads costs 2,700원 , as of December 2017. This is more expensive than in many other developed countries. Meanwhile, some pad brands have experienced up to a 42% price increase between 2016 and 2017. To learn more about concerns related to pricing, click [https://qz.com/995025/an-outcry-over-diy-period-pads-has-sparked-a-national-menstruation-conversation-in-korea/ here]. | |||
==Gynecological Exams== <!--T:50--> | ==Gynecological Exams== <!--T:50--> | ||
| Line 193: | Line 202: | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:68--> | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== <!--T:68--> | ||
<!--T:87--> | |||
* Note: Check out this useful [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6t0A-um1_tODApRTc20pwpx0kJozzGsu_ytpQUteno/mobilebasic guide] to getting an abortion in South Korea, written in 2017. | |||
<!--T:69--> | <!--T:69--> | ||
| Line 205: | Line 217: | ||
<!--T:72--> | <!--T:72--> | ||
* [http://www.womenonweb.org Women on Web]: Contact them for Misoprostol. | * [http://www.womenonweb.org Women on Web]: Contact them for Misoprostol. | ||
<!--T:88--> | |||
* Here's a list of countries in the region that provide abortion on request: [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]]. | |||
===Costs=== <!--T:73--> | ===Costs=== <!--T:73--> | ||