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Comfort Women Research Paper

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Women, regardless of their culture, have experienced a tremendous amount of pain throughout several generations. From child birth, to being physical and mentally abused, primarily by men, women have suffered. Having the ability to be brave enough to speak up for themselves, some women opened doors for others who experienced similar situations.
While attending the Comfort Women session, I immediately felt agonizing pain and several heartaches after being informed about the atrocious experiences those women faced. Based on the information shared by the speaker, comfort women were women who were forced into sexual slavery by members of the Japanese army during World War II. The women were used to please army members in any sexual way with little or no pay at all. Comfort stations were located in various areas throughout the …show more content…

Many young women were abducted from their homes while some were lured with the promise of having a job as a restaurant/factory worker or nurse. As the Japanese military expanded, the sexual demand of men expanded as well which resulted into the abduction of even more young women. This session allowed me to look at the world on a larger scale. Due to being raised in a small community, I only had sympathy for suffering people whom I came in contact with. I had no intentions to be informed about issues people faced from other cultures and different countries. In addition to that, women in my family are often seen as positive role models who received the ultimate respect whenever we were graced with their presence. To be informed about comfort women, I was left with various questions and confusion as to how could someone as precious as a woman be treated as if her life had no value. I am beyond inspired with the efforts the speaker has made in seeking the stories from women of various cultures that survived being a comfort woman. The stories these women told about their experiences

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