Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard University professor has ignited an international uproar and faces mounting scrutiny for alleging that Korean women who were kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan had actually chosen to work as prostitutes. In a recent academic paper, J. Mark Ramseyer rejected a wide body of research finding that Japan’s so-called were forced to work at military brothels during World War II. Ramseyer instead argued that the women willingly entered into contracts as sex workers. between Japan, whose leaders deny that the women ...
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