Origins of the regulation
This went on for almost 60 years. In those days, it was tradition for girls to marry in their teens and many had to give up their studies after marriage. Due to the deep-rooted Confucian culture, women were confined to their homes to raise children and do housework. It was unorthodox to do much else.
Ewha, however, wished to clamp those stereotypical traditions and instead provide more opportunities for education.
“Ewha enacted the regulation to discourage students from suspending studies due to marriage,” said Chung Hee-jung, a member of the Office of University Planning and Coordination.
On Feb. 7, 2003, the marriage prohibition regulation — article 14 in Section 5 and article 28 in Section 8 of the school regulation — were deleted with the approval of the academic board held on Jan. 30 in the same year. Ewha granted readmissions for those who had been expelled from 2003 to 2006 due to the regulation.