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<p>Two Harvard historians (and several colleagues at other instituitons) say that Mark Ramseyer's defense of his article claiming Korean "comfort women" freely contracted their labor as sex workers serving Japanese soldiers during World War II ignores the substance of their criticism. </p>
Harvard Law Professor Ramseyer Responds to Critics, Sparking More Condemnation | News | The Harvard Crimson
Journal Delays Print Publication of Harvard Law Professor’s Controversial ‘Comfort Women’ Article Amid Outcry Breaking News The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as “comfort women,” were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday. The journal initially issued an “Expression of Concern” earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the article’s “historica...
Advertisement An article published by J. Mark Ramseyer, the Mitsubishi professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard Law school, has been criticized not only in South Korea but also in the United States as he described Korean women who were sexually abused by the Japanese military during World War II as willing prostitutes who carefully negotiated the terms of their contracts. Ramseyer made the contentious claim that the women, sometimes euphemistically referred to as “comfort women,” were volunteers and not “sex slaves,” and argued that there was no coercion from the Japanese gover...
The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyerâs controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as âcomfort women,â were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday. The journal initially issued an âExpression of Concernâ earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the articleâs âhistorical evidenceâ are currently under investigation. âComfort womenâ is a term used to refer to women and girls f...