Sexual Slavery in Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11241264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yayori Matsui (corresponding author), Matsui Yayori, Lora Sharnoff |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3346104 |
| OpenAlex | W2322081018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Every day thousands of Japanese men, tourists on chartered sex tours, travel to Korea with large amounts of money which they use to purchase the bodies of women in that neighboring country. I first became aware of Japanese guided tours for the purpose of visiting Korean prostitutes, called kisaeng, in an article printed in a corner of a Christian newspaper during the summer of 1973. At the joint session of the Japan-Korea National Council of Christian Churches, held in Seoul in July, 1973, women made the following accusation: We wish to call your attention to the shameful fact that many Japanese tourists, whose numbers have been ceaselessly swelling, are making Korean women into 'sexual slaves.' When I read that Japanese men were carrying out a sexual invasion as well as an economic one, I could see that nothing had really changed from
Political science · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |