Blog #3-Introduction

     When victims of war return home society usually take the steps needed to help them deal with their problems.  This is not the same with “comfort women” who were women survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery during World War II.  Women were used as a reward for the soldier’s effort on the battlefield.  A lot of these “comfort women” were from twelve to thirty years old.  They were raped repeatedly by soldiers and would get beaten for countless reasons.  Many comfort women died or were murdered.  The few that were able to make it out alive were rejected by their families and friends.  Criminal justice treats the survivors as if her clothing, style, behavior provoked the attack.  For that reason they kept silence and they felt a great shame and felt guilty.  The problem has remained unsolved because of Japan’s ignorance and the Japanese Government just covers up the past.  The Japanese Government described the “comfort women” as licensed prostitutes meaning that they had a choice to be there.  However now almost fifty years later survivors are taking the courage and speaking up to prevent these crimes from happening again.