Most of the Asian females who are educated in high level degree course, especially, Korean and Japanese, are desperately nowhere to go for their jobs. Like this article said this is the cultural phenomenon, which is masculine organizational cultures and passive attitudes of females. But this seems to be much harder to tackle on. This should be also viewed from different perspective. Those countries have achieved their economic successes with far much tighter condensed approaches for their development by driving incremental masculine manufacturing sector in short time. (Perhaps Korea is much shorter, so the M-shape is much more prominent than Japan). Maybe this achievement could be also said to be the reason why the stronger masculine cultural background can contribute to the magnificent achievement vice versa in those countries. Therefore, the industrial ecosystem driven by the masculinity is perhaps also the another challenging for female to get into the society as well....Yes, it seems much harder to change...ooops...yes..for short time that one governor attempts
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21599763-womens-lowly-status-japanese-workplace-has-barely-improved-decades-and-country?frsc=dg%7Ca
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21599763-womens-lowly-status-japanese-workplace-has-barely-improved-decades-and-country?frsc=dg%7Ca