Posted on Mar 14, 2021
A Harvard professor argued that Korean women forced into sex slavery in WWII did so voluntarily....
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A Harvard professor has sparked international backlash after publishing an academic article arguing that Korean comfort women -- sent against their will to imperial Japan to have sex with soldiers -- were not actually forced into their prostitution but that they actually chose their positions.
J. Mark Ramseyer, a Harvard Law School professor specializing in Japanese legal studies, published his article in the peer-reviewed International Review of Law and Economics in December, scheduled to publish in print this month.
In his article, "Contracting for sex in the Pacific War," Ramseyer argues: "The protracted political dispute between South Korea and Japan over the wartime brothels called 'comfort stations' obscures the contractual dynamics involved." He goes on to illustrate ways that the women of Korea, then under rule by Japan, were actually given voluntary contracts to work for the Japanese army as prostitutes.
Now, that article and Ramseyer are the subject of international outcry.
J. Mark Ramseyer, a Harvard Law School professor specializing in Japanese legal studies, published his article in the peer-reviewed International Review of Law and Economics in December, scheduled to publish in print this month.
In his article, "Contracting for sex in the Pacific War," Ramseyer argues: "The protracted political dispute between South Korea and Japan over the wartime brothels called 'comfort stations' obscures the contractual dynamics involved." He goes on to illustrate ways that the women of Korea, then under rule by Japan, were actually given voluntary contracts to work for the Japanese army as prostitutes.
Now, that article and Ramseyer are the subject of international outcry.
A Harvard professor argued that Korean women forced into sex slavery in WWII did so voluntarily....
Posted from cnn.com
WWII World War Two
Korea
Japan
Sexual Assault
Harvard University
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This was NOT voluntary. The alternatives were death or death of your family members
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Thank you for the WWII history share shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel , I bet if you asked any of the women if any are still alive if they wanted to be sex slaves for the Japanese soldiers.
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LTC David Brown
When I was n Korea in 1985 this was a big deal. These women had lived in shame most of their lives. They were rounded up at 15 years old and sent all over Asia to sexual service Japanese soldiers. By the 1980’ s these “ comfort girls” were in their mid fifties to mid sixties and realized they had done nothing wrong, Japan was in the wrong and they wanted the world to know what bastards the Japanese were. They were showing up to protest and seek an apology from Japan etc.at diplomatic functions etc. The comfort women in no way considered it some kind of a contractual deal.
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