Essays Tagged: "Comfort women"

Critically assess the reasons for the widespread use of rape as a weapon of war in the former Yugoslavia.

red during the first month of occupation. In Korea during World War II between 100,000 and 200,000 'comfort women' were abducted to rape camps and raped or sexually tortured.Whether it was because of ...

(8 pages) 51 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Unspoken History Of The Comfort Women

The Unspoken History of The Comfort Women Overview The story of "comfort women"� has been a story of silence for the last ... cause of false promises of high paying jobs at factories or restaurants. These women were taken to "comfort stations"�, some of which were homes, stables, dug out trenches, or even cages. Impri ... apology and compensation from Japan. The Japanese government however, turned a deaf ear. They said comfort women were "willing prostitutes"� and denied much of its involvement in the issue. We ...

(25 pages) 74 0 4.3 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Magdalene Program

with being a slave worker comes with the faintest hope of survival/rescue, a lot like the infamous 'comfort women' the Japanese took for the purposes of sex when they invaded and captured much of Asia ... nd kept them in a sort of common 'harem' for their soldiers. Up till now, the scars of many of said comfort women haven't healed and it has taken a while for the Japanese government to recognize said ...

(5 pages) 1456 0 0.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays

FIREFLIES AND STARS IN THE NIGHT

FIREFLIES AND STARS IN THE NIGHTBy: Miyano RanThis fictional work is based on the true story - "Comfort Women: Slave of Destiny" written by Maria Rosa Henson. The story was a dark depiction of the ... of Destiny" written by Maria Rosa Henson. The story was a dark depiction of the sufferings that the comfort women had to endure during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines from 1941 to 1945. Mar ...

(28 pages) 0 0 0.0 Feb/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies