The purpose of this article is to examine the meaning of the introduction of the V.D. checks of the prostitutes, using speculum, in the late 20th century Korea This kind of medical check of the prostitutes was the result of the regulation policy which was promoted by Japanese colonial power in Korea. We considered that there was certain drive which promoted this kind of policy. We call it Curious Other in contrast to traditional Ritual Other. The will to know is the main drive of this Curious Other. With this will, there happened to begin V.D. checks among Korean prostitutes. The policemen and the doctors were the main agents of this policy. The reason was to strengthen the country from V.D. danger. But there was a slip of gender discrimination in this policy. It was supposed that woman's body was the locus of V.D. Starting from this ideology, prostitutes became the targets of the V.D. checks. Men were exempted from V.D. checks. In the similar way, Korean Kisaeng became victimes of this policy. Kisaeng were the women whose role was to serve the state as dancer, musician or even as medical nurse. But Japanese colonial power considered them as prostitutes regardless of their particular situation. In fact, V.D. checks of the prostitutes was not only a projection of men's anxiety to women and but also a projection of colonial power's anxiety to native people. The Korean tradition was not recognized by colonial power and particularly prostitutes became victims of this policy. Kisaeng were also humiliated by this regulation policy. This policy was one of the way by which the Cuious Other dismantled the traditional Ritual Other.

The purpose of this article is to examine the meaning of the introduction of the V.D. checks of the prostitutes, using speculum, in the late 20th century Korea This kind of medical check of the prostitutes was the result of the regulation policy which was promoted by Japanese colonial power in Korea. We considered that there was certain drive which promoted this kind of policy. We call it Curious Other in contrast to traditional Ritual Other. The will to know is the main drive of this Curious Other. With this will, there happened to begin V.D. checks among Korean prostitutes. The policemen and the doctors were the main agents of this policy. The reason was to strengthen the country from V.D. danger. But there was a slip of gender discrimination in this policy. It was supposed that woman's body was the locus of V.D. Starting from this ideology, prostitutes became the targets of the V.D. checks. Men were exempted from V.D. checks. In the similar way, Korean Kisaeng became victimes of this policy. Kisaeng were the women whose role was to serve the state as dancer, musician or even as medical nurse. But Japanese colonial power considered them as prostitutes regardless of their particular situation. In fact, V.D. checks of the prostitutes was not only a projection of men's anxiety to women and but also a projection of colonial power's anxiety to native people. The Korean tradition was not recognized by colonial power and particularly prostitutes became victims of this policy. Kisaeng were also humiliated by this regulation policy. This policy was one of the way by which the Cuious Other dismantled the traditional Ritual Other.