Caste in the sex industry
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Castes are largely hereditary social classes often emerging around certain professions. Lower castes are associated with professions considered "unclean", which has often included the sex industry. Th
Kisaeng women from outcast or slave families
Kisaeng
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Kisaeng, also called ginyeo, were enslaved women from outcast or enslaved families who were trained to be courtesans, providing artistic entertainment and conversation to men of upper class. First eme
Caste in the sex industry
…from the non-Brahmin lower castes and those of the outcaste Scheduled Castes, who are sometimes referred to as "Jogini". In pre-modern Korea, the Kisaeng were women from the lower caste Cheonmin who were trained to provide entertainment, conversation, and sexual services to men of the upper class. In…
Ginyeo
A kisaeng girl of Joseon, in 1910
Young kisaeng receiving musical instruction, c. 1910
Jinju kisaeng specialized in the sword dance.