However, it is significant that Korean women were the foundation stone for the dynastic culture for 500 years without complaint by accepting their fate with resignation and perseverance.
Women comprise half of the entire population in any period.
The Yi gentlemen's accomplishments could not have been achieved without the help of the women in that period. However, women's subordinate position still remains and it is not too much to say that attitudes about women in the Yi Dynasty still linger on. Therefore, it is necessary to study women in the Yi period to shed light on today's women.