I was reading about Comfort women in the wars in the Pacific and was surprised to learn there were many in the Korean war. I should not have been surprised because sex can make people unsavoury and brutal faster than bigotry. Or maybe in this instance, sex becomes a form of bigotry. In any case it made me think that all the women and men who are groomed in all walks of life and offered as added ‘gifts’ to punters are victims of the seedy side of humanity and these offers are made in every field of human monetary activity.
It even bears thinking about in the art world.
#comfortwomen
#japoan
#korea