Difference between Chinese and Korean 6

• Patriarchy: The egalitarianism of the previous point also extends to gender, though not as much as class. Chinese are more comfortable having female leaders (most of the house churches in China wouldn’t exist if it were not for the abundance of female leaders). Chinese men are not as “strong” (or to spin it in a negative light: not as much machismo or chauvinism) as Korean men. I’ve even heard many Korean parents tell their daughters, “Marry a Chinese man because he’ll treat you better than a Korean man will.” (On the other hand, Japanese look down on Chinese as low-class and peasant-like; Japanese women will never consider a Chinese man as a potential husband, unless she is very Americanized—at that point, the Japanese become the Asian ethnicity with the highest rate of marrying outside their race).
• Academic excellence: here is where they’re most similar. Look at the top universities in the U.S. and they’re dominated by Chinese and Korean students. Despite the first joke at the top of this blog, it seems like both Chinese and Koreans are academic overachievers. This also extends to classical music: aside from Jews, it seems like the top violinists and pianists and cellists in this world tend to be Chinese and Korean.