The Unspoken History of The Comfort Women Overview The story of “comfort women” has been a story of silence for the last 50 years. “Comfort Women” was a term used by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, to refer to the women and girls who were coerced into sexual slavery. Between 1932 and 1945, approximately 200,000 women were forced into prostitution. The women came from China, Philippines, Taiwan, Burma, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. They were recruited through …showed first 75 words of 6266 total…

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