The sexually violated woman has become a salient symbol in feminist discourse, government policies, the media and transnational activism at this historical juncture. In this article, I seek to understand the conviction of anti-prostitution activists that all women in prostitution are victims (despite evidence to the contrary), and their simultaneous dismissal or condemnation of those women who identify as sex workers. The analysis identifies the centrality of victimhood to the affective logic of women activist leaders in the anti-prostitution movement, and its embeddedness in discourses of suffering and redemption in Korean nationalist historiography. Sexual victimhood thus acquires the power to incite moral outrage, compel consensus and inhibit dissent. Sex workers further come to bear the historical and political burden of righting all that is wrong with the nation, making their elimination essential for the nation’s rescue. Critiques of capitalism and the state become footnotes and silences in this process. In effect, the victimhood of ‘prostituted women’ allows women activists to circulate effectively in the affective economy of the nation as well as in the global anti-trafficking campaign. The passionate activism of anti-prostitution women activists may say less about the state of prostitution than about the activists’ subjectivity as historical and global subjects, and the symbolic world that they locate themselves in.

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受害者的回声：关于热情的激进主义和“性交易”

在这个历史时刻，遭受性侵犯的女性已成为女权主义话语、政府政策、媒体和跨国激进主义的一个显着象征。在这篇文章中，我试图了解反卖淫活动家的信念，即所有卖淫的妇女都是受害者（尽管有相反的证据），以及他们同时解雇或谴责那些认定为性工作者的妇女。该分析确定了受害者在反卖淫运动中女性活动家领导人的情感逻辑中的核心地位，以及它在韩国民族主义史学中对苦难和救赎话语的根深蒂固。因此，性受害者获得了煽动道德愤怒、迫使共识和抑制异议的力量。性工作者进一步承担着纠正国家所有错误的历史和政治负担，因此消除他们对国家的拯救至关重要。在这个过程中，对资本主义和国家的批判成为注脚和沉默。实际上，“卖淫妇女”的受害者身份使女性活动家能够在国家的情感经济以及全球反人口贩运运动中有效传播。反卖淫女性活动家的热情激进主义可能较少谈论卖淫状况，而是谈论活动家作为历史和全球主体的主体性，以及她们所处的象征世界。“被卖淫的妇女”的受害者使妇女活动家能够在国家的情感经济以及全球反人口贩运运动中有效地传播。反卖淫女性活动家的热情激进主义可能较少谈论卖淫状况，而是谈论活动家作为历史和全球主体的主体性，以及她们所处的象征世界。“被卖淫的妇女”的受害者使妇女活动家能够在国家的情感经济以及全球反人口贩运运动中有效地传播。反卖淫女性活动家的热情激进主义可能较少谈论卖淫状况，而是谈论活动家作为历史和全球主体的主体性，以及她们所处的象征世界。