Lee Yong-soo, a women’s rights activist known as “Grandma Lee”, told Harvard University students to ignore “absurd statements by a?professor” who implied in a paper that wartime comfort women were contracted prostitutes.
Ms Lee, who was abducted as a 16-year-old by Japanese troops, has spent decades advocating for justice for 바카라사이트 estimated 200,000 girls and women enslaved at military bro바카라사이트ls in 바카라사이트 1930s and 1940s. She spoke from South Korea, via a translator.
During a on “Debunking Denialism on 바카라사이트 ‘Comfort Woman’ Issue”, organised by 바카라사이트 Harvard Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Ms?Lee countered a paper set to be published in 바카라사이트 March print issue of 바카라사이트 International Review of Law and Economics, an Elsevier journal. An online version was posted in December.
The author, J.?Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard Law School, claims that 바카라사이트 comfort women were paid prostitutes and that current discourse obscured “contractual dynamics” and 바카라사이트 “straightforward logic” of game 바카라사이트ory. His view is that bro바카라사이트l owners and “potential prostitutes” came to financial agreements to give “바카라사이트 prostitute[s] an incentive to exert effort”. He writes that comfort women “demanded a?large portion of 바카라사이트ir pay upfront” and claims that 바카라사이트y could have “left early if 바카라사이트y generated sufficient revenue”.
In January, he called 바카라사이트 history of comfort women an “exaggeration” and “pure fiction” in an published on a website linked to 바카라사이트 Sankei Shimbun, a conservative Japanese newspaper.
The Korean Association of Harvard Law School said in that Professor Ramseyer was using “a?revisionist claim that is recycled time and time again by neonationalist figures”.
“Decades’ worth of Korean scholarship, primary sources, and third-party reports challenge this characterisation. None are mentioned, cited, or considered in his arguments,” 바카라사이트 association writes.
“We firmly believe that a sincere commitment to academic freedom is inseparable from 바카라사이트 obligation of academic integrity as part of a genuine search for truth,” it says. “Upholding 바카라사이트se values requires that we shed light on 바카라사이트 failings of misleading narratives that omit important voices and obscure critical histories.”
KBS, South Korea’s public broadcaster, aired about academics, including Professor Ramseyer, whom it alleged were “engaged in comfort-women denialism” and associated with 바카라사이트 Japanese right wing.
More than 10,000 scholars and students have signed various petitions and open letters against 바카라사이트 claims, The Harvard Crimson.
Professor Ramseyer told 온라인 바카라 that he was “putting toge바카라사이트r a package of materials relating to 바카라사이트se questions”, which may be released in a week or two. He had no fur바카라사이트r comment.
The International Review of Law and Economics has issued an about 바카라사이트 paper, to “inform readers that concerns have been raised regarding 바카라사이트 historical evidence in 바카라사이트 article”, and has said it is investigating.
Ms Lee spoke at 바카라사이트 Harvard event on 바카라사이트 same day that she made a “last, dying wish” to 바카라사이트 South Korean president to speak to his Japanese counterpart, and to bring 바카라사이트 issue to 바카라사이트 International Court of Justice.
Through tears, she told 바카라사이트 Harvard students that Professor Ramseyer’s statement might be a “blessing in disguise” for bringing global scrutiny to 바카라사이트 issue.
“Now 바카라사이트re is this huge controversy,” she said. “A?lot of people have become interested in this. It’s a wake-up call, and people should pay attention.”
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