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 "We have been selling this for 10 years now, but sales increased
drastically starting last week," said a sales manager at an online
vendor who declined to be identified.
Both men and women were buying the bogus casts, he said.
During Chuseok, a three-day thanksgiving holiday, women
traditionally do most of the work in preparing and cooking elaborate
ceremonial dishes while the men of the family chat, drink and watch
television.
The holiday gender divide is so entrenched that it has spawned the
term "daughter-in-law holiday syndrome", with many young women
suffering post-holiday stress and fatigue.
 But getting away with the phoney cast ruse may be difficult this
year after several media outlets reported on brisk sales of the
devices in the run-up to the holiday starting on Sunday.
Data from the Ministry of Gender, Equality, and Family in 2010
showed only 4.9 percent of people surveyed said both genders shared
holiday chores, while the rest said women do most of the work.
"Although an increasing number of women are actively engaged in
economic activities, a perception remains that only women are
responsible for holiday preparation," said Na-Young Lee, a
sociologist at Chung-Ang University.
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"We need to try to understand that both men and women are equal
beings in working and raising children in a family," she said.
(Reporting By Kahyun Yang; Editing by Tony Munroe and Robert Birsel)
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