Various discussions around 'prostitution', movements for 'Abolition ofprostitution' and an enactment of a law for 'Abolition of prostitution' have takenplace in each nation in the East Asia during the Cold-War period. It showed thatthe important eleme...
Various discussions around 'prostitution', movements for 'Abolition ofprostitution' and an enactment of a law for 'Abolition of prostitution' have takenplace in each nation in the East Asia during the Cold-War period. It showed thatthe important element which formed the social character of each nation afterdecolonization was physical and ideological control around 'Sexuality'. It could besaid that various businesses that developed around 'Abolition of prostitution' inthe East Asia provided an important clue to the character of the nation. The'prostitute conversion project' was developed in China in approximately 1950 andthere were various movements for abolition of state-regulated prostitution in Japanand Korea. However the Prostitute Conversion Project of China is evaluated as a'successful' policy for the eradication of prostitution while, on the other hand, theindustrialized prostitution in Korea and Japan have had a rapid development. Inthis way, policies around prostitution of each nation in the East Asia have acommon point in sexuality management and control of modern nation, but theyhave remarkable differences in the results. The construction for the 'independent'
nation of both Korea and China in the cold-war period was formed under thecontrol of the system of the Cold War. In China, the Chinese governmentboosted nationalism and made a socialistic citizen integration to organize andgovern the individual as closely as possible under the control of the system ofthe Cold War. On the other hand, Korea could not help depending on U.S armyas well as U.S. military administration under the control of the system of ColdWar. The characters of both nations made in this way had an effect also on thesexuality management policy of both nations. It is thought that such a differencebetween both nations in the characters controlled a direction of both nations'
policy for abolition of licensed prostitution in the Cold-War period.
But Chinese 'Policy for Abolition of Licensed Prostitution' which seemedas if it had made 'Success' also raised questions. The policy abolished thelicensed prostitution, but it left an insult for prostitutes. Thus, it seems that'Liberated' prostitutes had to spend their lives with such an insult. In Korea, theCold-War situation let the Korean government not solve problems on sexualityonly with Korean independent policies.