Western Princesses-A Missing Story: A Christian Feminist Ethical Analysis of U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea

The primary goal of this essay is to bring public awareness of military prostitution sprung up around U.S. military bases across the globe. With a focus on the lived experiences of Korean military prostitutes for American soldiers in South Korea ("Western princesses"), this essay argues that military prostitution should be considered a human reality in the realm of international politics: the U.S. empire building at the expenses of women's bodies. This argument further aims to foster Christian feminist-social ethics that reconstructs a Christian realistic approach to globalized militarism, the relation between sensuality and sexuality, and transnational solidarity for peace.