and sexual violence against women and misogynistic remarks are more serious online than
offline. The results of this survey strongly point to the need for substantive countermeasures.
H. Conducting the Factual Survey on the Human Rights Conditions of
Women Working in the Fields of Culture and Arts (Film Industry)
The film industry is labeled as one of the fields of culture and arts with poor human rights
conditions, especially for female staff members and extras who are often forced to work long
hours without employment contracts and endure sexual harassment and insults committed by
conditions of female workers in the filmmaking field.
There were 605 survey respondents (478 female respondents accounting for 79.0% and 127
male respondents accounting for 21.0%). Women earning KRW 1-2 million per month on
average accounted for 42.7% of workers, higher than men at 26.0%. Female irregular workers
earning less than KRW 1 million accounted for 20.8%, also higher than men at 12.0%.
Of all respondents, 34.9% (15.0% of the total male respondents and 40.2% of the total
female respondents) were found to have experienced sexual harassment or sexual violence
after beginning to work in the field (percentage of those who fell under at least one of the 13
categories of sexual harassment or sexual violence). Among women, many of the victims were
under irregular or indirect employment arrangements, were in lower positions, had less work
experience, and were paid the legally specified minimum wage.
A majority of both male and female respondents agreed that women are discriminated against
in the film industry in terms of recruitment qualifications, opportunities for promotion, tasks
given, decision-making authority, etc. However, the ratio of women who were in agreement is
much higher than the ratio of men in agreement. While only 14.2% of the total male respondents
agreed to the statement women are given or expected to play the role of assisting men within the
film industry, 71.4% of the total female respondents agreed.
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male staff members on-site. As such, we conducted a factual survey to improve the human rights