YALE JOURNAL OF LAW AND FEMINISM

This article analyzes violence against women in prostitution, pornography and trafficking, and how this abuse and commodification of women is denied by governments and the general public in order to facilitate the business of sexual exploitation. The author argues that violence in this industry is masked by the term 'sex work': "when prostitution is conceptually morphed into sex work, brutal exploitation by pimps becomes an employer-employee relationship.

This article identifies a general underdevelopment of sanctions pertaining to sexual violation during conflict situations. The article further explores the extent to which particular aspects of gender violence during war are entirely without legal scrutiny. This absence of scrutiny is explored through analysis of new empirical research conducted into sexual violations that occurred during the Holocaust.