Like when young Jiyoung was followed by an unknown boy while on her way home, I remembered the time when a group of boys followed me for several days. It applies to modern, ancient, rural, urban, privileged, entitled, poor, rich of women– whichever category you wish to put yourself in. When you read this book as a woman, there will be at least one situation you have likely been in with small differences here and there.

The book Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is something like that. There are of course, numerous, (I really mean uncountable) extraordinary circumstances that women are forced into, which could only be a bonus in the manual.

When you have lived your life as a woman there are some things, many things in fact, which can be added into the manual – ‘What to Expect When You Are a Woman.’ Most of the things included in this manual will hold true to women irrespective of where they were born, raised, their work place or the family they marry into. It is about the way of life of more than half of the global population and the system of patriarchy that led you to think the way you do, while dictating the lives of every human. You will feel hurt and may express anger and irritation. You are going to read it as a personal attack on your existence as a male. If your masculinity is fragile, this review might make you feel like a victim. After working here and there, and tiring out, she is currently relaxing while waiting for inspiration to do something exciting. Rajitha is a 29 -year-old from Hyderabad.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo