女性运动作为二战后全面兴起的社会运动之一，在全球范围内，动员女性为保障自己的权益和构建性别平等的社会而运动。并在政治、经济、社会文化层面都得到了前所未有的成就。韩国作为受东方儒家文化深刻影响的国家，在男性主导的封建社会中，女性群体长期处于被控制压抑的状态，女性权益未能得到法律与制度的保障。

二战结束后，在急剧变化的国内外社会背景下，韩国女性开始摸索女性自己的发展道路。从建国初期的女子国民党，到威权政府时期女协的成立，再到民主化运动时期女联的成立，女性组织不断地从社会运动中认识到韩国女性所承受的性别剥削，逐渐地从辅助政治转向女性运动，力求进行独立的女性运动。1987年独裁政治的结束，为韩国社会以及女性运动都带来了新的转变。随着女性意识的觉醒以及后现代主义思想的传入，女性运动根据活动目标和内容逐渐形成分流，形成了不同性质的女性组织。在社会运动方面，九十年代以来，女性运动着重在反性暴力、反性买卖运动活动，让性暴力不在是韩国社会的禁忌词。法律法规层面，废除户主制、堕胎罪，保障女性人权与生育自由。并以“慰安妇”人权问题，“MeToo”运动以及参加各种国际会议来支援国际女性运动。

经过几十年的发展，韩国女性运动形成了与其他社会运动相结合、政治势力、基督教组织、国际女性运动影响大，以及民族主义、激进主义倾向等特点，以及在新阶段女性运动活力不足和狭隘的民族主义等不足点。而韩国政治、经济、社会文化、基督教等因素则影响了女性运动形成这样的特点和不足点。其中父权制思想、资本主义剥削和父权制结合、韩国文化体系的混乱等社会文化现象是韩国女性受到性别剥削的根本原因。作为儒家文化圈中的中国，与韩国有着相似又不同的社会环境。而当代韩国女性运动的发展过程以及愈加激烈的激进倾向，都对中国社会问题有着反向的启示和警戒意义。

Feminist’s movement, as one of the social movements that rose in an all-round way after World War II, mobilized women to protect their rights and interests and build a gender-equal society around the world.And in the political, economic, social and cultural levels have been unprecedented achievements.South Korea as Oriental Confucian culture deeply influenced by country, in the male-dominated world of the feudal society, women group is in a state of controlled depressed for a long time, women's rights has failed to obtain the safeguard of the laws and institutions.

After the end of World War II, Korean women began to explore their own way of development under the rapidly changing social background at home and abroad. From the Women's National Party in the early days of the nation, to the establishment of the Korea National Council of Women in the period of the authoritative government, and then to the establishment of the Korean Women's Associations United in the period of the democratization movement, women's organizations constantly realized the gender exploitation that Korean women endured from the social movement, and gradually changed from auxiliary politics to women's movement, striving to carry out independent women's movement.The end of the dictatorship in 1987 brought new changes to both Korean society and the women's movement.With the awakening of female consciousness and the introduction of postmodernism, the female movement gradually formed a diversion according to the activity goal and content, and formed different female organizations.In terms of social movements, since the 1990s, the women's movement has focused on anti-sexual violence and anti-sex trafficking movement activities, so that sexual violence is no longer a taboo word in Korean society.System of laws and regulations, the abolition of the family registry system, crime of abortion, protect women's human rights and reproductive freedom. And supported the international women's movement with the "comfort women" human rights issue, the "MeToo" movement and participation in various international conferences.

After decades of development, the Korean feminist's movement has developed characteristics such as being combined with other social movements, having a strong influence from political forces, Christian organizations, and international feminist's movements, as well as nationalism and radicalism tendencies, and shortcomings such as a lack of vitality in the new stage and narrow nationalism. The Korean political, economic, social  cultural, and Christian factors have influenced the formation of such characteristics and shortcomings in the feminist's movement. Among them, patriarchal ideology, capitalist exploitation, and the combination of patriarchy and authoritarianism, and the chaos of the Korean cultural system are the fundamental reasons why Korean women are subjected to gender exploitation. As China, which is part of the East Asian cultural circle, has a similar yet different social environment to Korea. The development process, achievements, and increasingly radical tendencies of the contemporary Korean feminist's movement provide valuable lessons and reference for China to explore how to handle gender relations.