Comfort Women

            Topic: Were the Japanese Comfort Women of World War Two Patriots or Prostitutes? .
             Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino women during World War Two were encouraged to support the war effort by joining the Women's Patriotic Service Corps. Little did they know that meant with their sexuality. .
             The use of comfort women (women placed into small societies to service Japanese soldiers during World War Two), some say was a way to sooth or comfort the soldiers involved in the war with sexual activities. In this paper I intend to argue the injustice these Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino women endured from the Japanese during World War Two. This was not an act to support the war effort but instead these women were tricked into an illegal ring of sexual exploitation. .
             There are many reasons why the Japanese feel justified in their actions though they may not hold the same moral values now they believe it was the spirit of the time and should be excused. In 1939 it was considered alright to manipulate women because their were no women's rights, and for this reason Japan feels they should be let off the hook. .
             At a time when feminism was at it's high after being pressured by feminists the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato made an official statement regarding the use of comfort women on January 20, 2001. He states: "We have found documents to prove that the government was involved in the so-called comfort women. But so far we have found no document to show that those women were recruited by force." The Japanese government pleads that it would be an invasion of privacy to interview the surviving comfort women. And such a personal and traumatizing ordeal should remain quiet. .
             In Japanese armed forces there were many superstitions, which help them justify the use of comfort women. It is believed that sex before going into battle worked as a charm against injury.