Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Truth about "Sex Slaves": Korean War

“... [Others] were physically forced into prostitution by flesh-traffickers or pimps who waited at train and bus stations, greeted young girls arriving from the countryside with promises of employment or room and board, then “initiated” them – through rape – into sex work or sold them to brothels. Women also fell into prostitution by responding to fraudulent advertisements which offered appealing calls for employment as waitresses, storekeepers, singers, and entertainers. Some ads even promised “education” (kyoyuk) without specifying what the women would be expected to learn.”

If you think the above is yet another description about how the brutal Japanese recruited Korean women to make them work as sex slaves, you're wrong. This is how Korean guys deceived Korean women into prostitution after the Korean War to make serve U.S. soldiers. (Sex among Allies, Katherine H.S. Moon, Columbia University Press)

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