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  • Essay / Book Review of Comfort Women in Japan - 560

    In 2002, Yuki Tanaka published a book titled “Comfort Women in Japan”. On the Military Use of Women in the Japanese War. The subtitle “Sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the American occupation” gives a brief description of the subject of the book. In the book's introduction, Tanaka begins by explaining that sex is a beautiful thing shared by two people. This involves helping to bring life to the world, but as soon as someone becomes involved in wartime sex, it becomes ugly and “exploited” (p. 1). This shows the dominance of a conquered country. Sex becomes a twisted organized system that was used as a means to control the DV rates of Japanese soldiers. Even if it was seen as a way for women to support their country. The fact that there were comfort houses and comfort women during the war was secret: "My father and uncles were particularly silent on the issue of comfort women" (p. 2). The morale these men followed seemed correct to them. Much like his father and uncles, Tanaka believed that Japanese soldiers "adhered to high moral standards during their war »....