Abstract

Yoon Seok Yeol, the elected president of South Korea for the 2022-2027 term, pledged during his 2022 presidential campaign to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, primarily focusing on the youth, particularly young men. Young men cast their votes for Yoon Seok Yeol’s promise to eliminate the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, indicating that the social phenomenon of gender equality in South Korea has been a widely discussed issue for a long time. This research aims to evaluate the perceptions of the younger generations to understand their views on this issue perspectives in South Korea. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method and conducts in-depth observations through interviews with ten informants aged between 18 and 40 years old. The findings suggest that implementing this discourse could adversely affect the policies within this ministry. One of the negative social impacts is the decline in support for programs aimed at addressing the birth rate in South Korea, as well as the decrease in South Korea’s economic investment in social work programs.