In this article, what kind of changes the Korean society went through under the Park Jeong Hi regime is assessed, by examining the prostitute blocks that were established in this period by the government seized by the military. First, how those prostitute blocks were established, and what were the r...
In this article, what kind of changes the Korean society went through under the Park Jeong Hi regime is assessed, by examining the prostitute blocks that were established in this period by the government seized by the military. First, how those prostitute blocks were established, and what were the responses of the residents living in the vicinity toward such creation of an assembly area of prostitutes, are examined. Second, how prostitution continued during the Park Jeong Hi regime will be analyzed, by examining certain governmental policies including the Marriage project, Venereal diseases policies, and Consultation campaigns for females, which all proceeded under the name of "Guidance". And third, the meaning of such existence of prostitution blocks will be defined, by examining the fact that they were used as channels to collect "foreign currency" under the name of "National modernization" and "advancement", yet were also condemned as the source of all evil by the public. Results of examination and analysis are as follow. First, with the establishment of such prostitute assemblies and the legalization of prostitution, cases of prostitution services offered and purchased at places other than the prostitute assemblies such as cabarets, public bathhouses, hotels, and Gisaeng saloons increased and eventually became ordinary routines. Second, increase in social prostitution, and the increase in the number of females involved in such actions, led to a series of social problems. Illegally and unhumanely selling and buying able-bodied females for prostitution increased, and the average age of prostitutes, which had been over 30 in more than 50% of the entire group, continued to fall and later 40% of them turned out to be in the 12-20 age bracket. Third, as a side effect of the close-down of the prostitute assembly at Jongro 3-ga street, a new block referred to as "Mia-ri Texas alley" was formed at the Haweolgok-dong 88 area. Fourth, the Marriage project promoted by the government created an argument that the prostitutes should be "cleansed", and the marriage project turned into a policy device of restraining and controlling the prostitutes" sexual activities and sexuality itself, which was labelled as "dangerous sexuality". Fifth, regarding the policy of managing venereal diseases, the military regime had an ulterior motive. They figured that for the sake of national security, it would be imperative to provide the U.S. soldiers stationed in Korea with "disinfected bodies". Sixth, in consultation campaigns, the phenomena of the females" concentrated relocation to Seoul was simply regarded as results of personal issues and problems, like envying the life in the city or fleeing from certain family troubles. As a result, properly guiding them afterwards, or devising policies to do so was blocked from the very beginning. Seventh, the females stationed at the "American towns" inside the Republic of Korea, were essentially mobilized to collect "foreign currency" under the name of national modernization and advancement, but in the end they were disgraced, and became unwelcomed ones, from both the Korean and U.S. governments. Park Jeong Hi regime"s policy regarding prostitution utterly failed. The regime only intended to use these prostitute females for the sake of national security and national economy, and failed to approach the matter from a Human rights perspective. It was not only a failure on the national policy level, but also a failure of the era itself.
In this article, what kind of changes the Korean society went through under the Park Jeong Hi regime is assessed, by examining the prostitute blocks that were established in this period by the government seized by the military. First, how those prostitute blocks were established, and what were the responses of the residents living in the vicinity toward such creation of an assembly area of prostitutes, are examined. Second, how prostitution continued during the Park Jeong Hi regime will be analyzed, by examining certain governmental policies including the Marriage project, Venereal diseases policies, and Consultation campaigns for females, which all proceeded under the name of "Guidance". And third, the meaning of such existence of prostitution blocks will be defined, by examining the fact that they were used as channels to collect "foreign currency" under the name of "National modernization" and "advancement", yet were also condemned as the source of all evil by the public. Results of examination and analysis are as follow. First, with the establishment of such prostitute assemblies and the legalization of prostitution, cases of prostitution services offered and purchased at places other than the prostitute assemblies such as cabarets, public bathhouses, hotels, and Gisaeng saloons increased and eventually became ordinary routines. Second, increase in social prostitution, and the increase in the number of females involved in such actions, led to a series of social problems. Illegally and unhumanely selling and buying able-bodied females for prostitution increased, and the average age of prostitutes, which had been over 30 in more than 50% of the entire group, continued to fall and later 40% of them turned out to be in the 12-20 age bracket. Third, as a side effect of the close-down of the prostitute assembly at Jongro 3-ga street, a new block referred to as "Mia-ri Texas alley" was formed at the Haweolgok-dong 88 area. Fourth, the Marriage project promoted by the government created an argument that the prostitutes should be "cleansed", and the marriage project turned into a policy device of restraining and controlling the prostitutes" sexual activities and sexuality itself, which was labelled as "dangerous sexuality". Fifth, regarding the policy of managing venereal diseases, the military regime had an ulterior motive. They figured that for the sake of national security, it would be imperative to provide the U.S. soldiers stationed in Korea with "disinfected bodies". Sixth, in consultation campaigns, the phenomena of the females" concentrated relocation to Seoul was simply regarded as results of personal issues and problems, like envying the life in the city or fleeing from certain family troubles. As a result, properly guiding them afterwards, or devising policies to do so was blocked from the very beginning. Seventh, the females stationed at the "American towns" inside the Republic of Korea, were essentially mobilized to collect "foreign currency" under the name of national modernization and advancement, but in the end they were disgraced, and became unwelcomed ones, from both the Korean and U.S. governments. Park Jeong Hi regime"s policy regarding prostitution utterly failed. The regime only intended to use these prostitute females for the sake of national security and national economy, and failed to approach the matter from a Human rights perspective. It was not only a failure on the national policy level, but also a failure of the era itself.
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