<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3289">Dear Members:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3272">I'm trying to track down an authoritative reference for a claim that I've come across in several scholarly sources (both English and Korean), none of which gives a citation for this information: <b style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3275">that the Choson state was more lenient toward <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3305" style="" class="">women</span> as criminals, since they were considered subject to and therefore less responsible than men</b>. The statement fits my understanding of Choson values and legislation, but I have yet to find a specific reference. Deuchler's <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3333" style="" class="">Confucian Transformation</i> briefly mentions cases of leniency toward <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3302" style="" class="">yangban </i><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3321" style="" class="">women</span>,
but goes no further. I've read that the Ming
code was somewhat lenient toward female criminals, placing them in
the custody of family members rather than in jail, and I understand the
Choson criminal code was based on the Ming code. I've also checked <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3332" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3361" style="" class="">Women</span> and Confucianism in Choson</i> by Pettid and Kim, as well as the recent <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3350" style="" class="">Wrongful Deaths</i> by Sunjoo Kim, but haven't found specific reference to the above topic in these sources. Any help would be appreciated. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3388" dir="ltr">Thank you,<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3376" dir="ltr">Deberniere Torrey<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423092377536_3271"><br></div></div></body></html>