Exploiting humiliation: politics as history in the ‘comfort women’ issue
Feminist Theory: An International Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on June 05, 2025
Abstract
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The state-sponsored military sexual exploitation under the Empire of Japan 1932–1945 is euphemistically referred to as the ‘comfort women’ system. This article suggests that the debates over the contested comfort women issue are organised according to a ...
The state-sponsored military sexual exploitation under the Empire of Japan 1932–1945 is euphemistically referred to as the ‘comfort women’ system. This article suggests that the debates over the contested comfort women issue are organised according to a ...