Silenced Bodies, Profitable Flesh: A Feminist Response to Child Sexual Exploitation Through Oryx’s Reimagined Voice

Abstract

This paper examines child sexual exploitation through a feminist lens, interweaving an analysis of Japan's JK (joshi kosei)  business with a reimagined monologue based on Margaret Atwood's character Oryx. Through creative exposition, the author explores how family structures simultaneously perpetuate and protect against exploitation. The work identifies critical gaps in Japanese legislation that enable child exploitation despite surface-level reforms, revealing how patriarchal structures commodify  bodies typically protected within family units. The author argues that pornography and prostitution function as forms of "sexual cannibalism" that dehumanize bodies into consumable parts. By examining Oryx's fictional journey alongside real-world exploitation in Japan, the article advocates for educational initiatives, strengthened family support systems, and ethical consumer choices to restore the protective function of family and combat sexual exploitation.