A proposal has been made to stop calling the child of actor Jung Woo Sung and Moon GaBi, who have been attracting social attention for giving birth out of wedlock, an "illegitimate child."
Kim Hee-kyung, former Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family, posted the following on her SNS on the 1st, saying, "We should stop calling them illegitimate children.
Kim said, "I have refused all requests for comments and advice from the media regarding actor Jung Woo Sung's children. I have broken the framework of a normal family.
"People around me are talking about the need to eliminate prejudice against unmarried births, but I didn't feel the need to speak out," she said.
However, "By the way, why do you keep calling Jung Woo Sung's son an 'illegitimate child'?
This really bothers me... I want to stop it. The very act of distinguishing between children born out of wedlock and legitimate children based on the parents' marriage is a terrible coercion against normalcy and also promotes prejudice.
"It is a term that is based on a parent-centered perspective and negatively stigmatizes children who are not responsible for anything," he added.
"It is an issue that is not within my jurisdiction, but I have conducted a survey on awareness of family diversity and published it," he said, adding, "The distinction between 'illegitimate children' and 'babies born out of wedlock' is discriminatory and should be abolished.
"76% of the public voted in favor," Kim said. "I would like to ask that they stop calling it an 'illegitimate child,' which is a discriminatory term that many people already consider outdated," he said. "Let's focus on the child.
He emphasized that he is just his son.
2024/12/01 19:58 KST
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