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Uses the issue of sexual slavery to argue that the only way to eliminate undemocratic practices that set limits to the process of democratization is to divulge & deconstruct these hidden clandestine sectors of society. The focus is on three opposing positions in the 1990s debate in Japan over the "comfort women" of WWII. The first position, officially stated by Japan's Foreign Ministry, denies any legal grounds for state compensation to the victims of sexual enslavement. The second position argues that the state must assume full responsibility for past violations of human rights by compensating individual victims of the so-called "Comfort Stations." The third position allows the state to avoid making compensation but supports establishment of an Asian Women's Fund supported by private citizens/organizations. It is contended that a more preferable position is to combine legal & moral approaches to the "Comfort Women" issue while also coping with other forms of sexual slavery. Difficulties involved in overcoming the double standards discourse imposed on democratizing societies by patriarchal powers are discussed. J. Lindroth

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