Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

Contact

+ Contact Form


Search

+ Search Form


Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

+ Structure

+ History


Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

+ New Publications


Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

+ Medieval History

+ Modern History


Geographical Index

+ African History

+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

+ Oceanian History


Topical Index

+ Prosecution

+ Cases

+ Types

+ Offenders

+ Victims

+ Society

+ Research

+ Representations


Resources

+ Institutions

+ Literature Search

+ Research

Start: Alphabetical Index: Author Index: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Unknown

First published: March 1, 2025 - Last updated: March 1, 2025

TITLE INFORMATION

Authors: Amy Stanley, David Ambaras, Hannah Shepherd, Sayaka Chatani, Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Title: Scholarly and Public Responses to “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War”

Subtitle: The Current State of the Problem, A Report by Concerned Scholars

Journal: The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus

Volume: 21

Issue: 11

Year: November 5, 2023

Pages: 15 pages (PDF)

eISSN: 1557-4660 - Find a Library: WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 20th Century, 21st Century | Asian History: Japanese History, Korean History | Types: Forced Prostitution / "Comfort Women" System; Types: Wartime Sexual Violence / Asia-Pacific War; Research: Controversies / Ramseyer Debate



FULL TEXT

Link: The Asia-Pacific Journal (Free Access)



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Authors:
- David Ambaras, Department of History, North Carolina State University - Google Scholar, Knowledge Commons

- Sayaka Chatani, Department of History, National University of Singapore - Academia.edu, Personal Website

- Chelsea Szendi Schieder: Personal Website, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, ResearchGate

- Hannah Shepherd, Department of History, Yale University

- Amy Stanley, Department of History, Northwestern University - Personal Website, Wikipedia

Abstract: »J. Mark Ramseyer's 2020 article "Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War" provoked numerous highly critical responses from the general public and the scholarly community. Our group composed a report that analyzed the article and concluded that it should be retracted because it misused and distorted evidence. After more than two years of investigation, during which Ramseyer published a response to his critics, the editors of the International Review of Law & Economics decided not to retract the article, but to keep a statement of concern attached to the final published version. In this follow-up report, we explore the legacy of the original article as it relates to problems of academic integrity and historical denialism in public discourse. We highlight Ramseyer's persistent strategies of obfuscation and suggest how historians might continue to address the problem of deliberately misleading scholarship masquerading as "academic freedom."« (Source: The Asia-Pacific Journal)

Contents:
  Abstract (p. 1)
  More of the same? Ramseyer’s “A Response to My Critics” (p. 1)
  The IRLE’s response (p. 5)
  Ramseyer on the offensive: allies, enablers, and the weaponization of “academic freedom” (p. 6)
  Repairing the damage and moving forward (p. 9)
  Acknowledgements (p. 10)
  Notes (p. 10)

Wikipedia: History of Asia: History of Japan / Shōwa era | History of Asia: History of Korea / Korea under Japanese rule | Historical negationism: Comfort women denial / Mark Ramseyer | Prostitution: Forced prostitution / Comfort women | Sex and the law: Wartime sexual violence / Wartime sexual violence in World War II | War: Pacific War / Japanese war crimes