Episode 18: History of the Korean Sex Industry w/ Shawn Yoon Pt. 1

Shawn Yoon is a Korean and in this episode we talk about
the sexual history of Korea from the dawn of Confucianism till roughly
World War 2. We filmed the episode from 10pm to midnight in Korea time,
and realized that the topic needed more time to get us from WW2 to the
present day, so we are filming part 2 soon. We dive into Confucianism,
the Samurai, how Japanese Imperialism and capitalism impact prostitution
and sex work. Shawn posits that cities cannot exist without
prostitution, and we uncover many inconvenient truths around Asian
sexual history and human trafficking. Sex is arguably the most important
topic a person could talk about, yet sex education is generally
overlooked in the curriculum of most schools, and in this episode sex
work at the population level, throughout history is our main focus. Part
of the theme of this show is creating unity, and I firmly believe that
one of the best ways to do that is by learning from our history, which
often involves surfacing inconvenient truths. This episode is not for
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