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This 6 page paper examines Yuri Tanaka's book "Japan's Comfort Women." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in wartime; the bestial nature of men; and the organized victimization of women. This paper reviews Yuki Tanakas book Japans Comfort Women. Background of the Issue Although its
just now coming to the attention of the public, its estimated that "eighty thousand to one hundred thousand Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other Asian and European women ... fell victim
to organised [sic] sexual violence by the Japanese military during World War II" (Morris). Tanakas book explores the plight of these women; the Japanese perspective on the issue; and
the Allied response - or lack thereof (Morris). The idea of having prostitutes available to "service" soldiers is not new, nor is it restricted to the Japanese. While
the American government never sanctioned the policy of setting up houses of prostitution for its troops, and in fact ideologically remained committed to the idea that its G.I.s should not
visit prostitutes, its a fact that many lower-echelon commanders made certain that their troops knew which women were "clean" and which houses to avoid (Morris). Thus the idea of
providing women to the troops is common throughout the world, even if it remains well hidden and largely unknown to the public. Review of the Book One of the
most perceptive reviews of the book is by Narrelle Morris; between his work and Tanakas own words we can examine the book critically. Morris points out that Tanaka manages
to personalize some of the women in the book, making them into three dimensional human beings, not simply symbols of abuse (Morris). The book details the way in which
the women were "recruited" and what they suffered at the hands of their "customers" (Morris). But perhaps even more importantly, Tanaka discusses the people who implemented the "comfort women"
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