The comfort women system introduced by the Japanese army during World War II caused great harm to women in most East Asian countries at that time. To this day, China and South Korea hold mourning activities for the women who were persecuted under the comfort women system every year.
In fact, what you don’t know is that women in Japan also suffered from the persecution of the comfort system and suffered unspeakably.
The inhumane comfort women system
As the process of World War II continues to advance, the number of Japanese soldiers fighting against China has also continued to increase. Since 1931, the number of Japanese military personnel has shown a rapid increase trend. In order to relieve the pressure of frontline soldiers away from home, In order to supply troops for the rear, the comfort women system was implemented in the Japanese army. To put it bluntly, comfort women were military prostitutes.
As for the implementation of the comfort women system, there is a step-by-step process of and . At that time, a large number of Japanese men participated in the Sino-Japanese battlefield, resulting in an extreme shortage of workers in rear factories. Therefore, the Japanese government began to brainwash Japanese women and let women take over the jobs that men had previously done.
As soon as they heard that they were contributing to their country and their husbands and sons, Japanese women walked out of their homes one after another and began to enter factories, engaging in heavy physical labor that men had previously struggled with, and participating in the manufacturing and logistics of weapons. .
However, in just a few years, no female leader was born who could lead them to become independent women like the previous Western Industrial Revolution. They still dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to their country and their husbands and sons, and work hard to provide logistical supplies for them.
Pushing yourself into the pit of fire
It is not enough to provide supplies to the front line. At that time, there was a Mrs. Yasuda in Japan who established an organization such as the Greater Japan Defense Women's Association . You may think that this is the same as the Women's Federation. Organizations that protect women’s rights, you’re dead wrong. It is an organization that exploits the country's women for Japanese imperialism.
In this organization, they continue to instill in Japanese women the idea of dedication to the country. Women not only have to engage in heavy physical labor such as military factories , but their children are also brainwashed. The father goes to the battlefield and the mother stays at home. Instill militaristic ideas in children and believe that dedication to Japanese imperialism is a noble thing.
In addition to these, this organization will also brainwash its members and ask them to actively apply to go to the front line to appease the minds and bodies of these Japanese soldiers. This behavior of Japanese women has reached an extremely distorted level. The most representative woman in Japan is called Nakamura Eiko . After her husband Nakamura Neji died in the war, she not only did not feel the slightest bit of sadness, but took the initiative to apply to join the Comfort Women Corps. Not only that, he even brought his 14-year-old daughter to the Comfort Women Corps, vowing to continue to contribute to the Empire of Japan.
Many comfort women did not want the 1,000 yen subsidy that was originally provided to the comfort women. Faced with the subsidy, many women even showed contempt. Don't use money to insult my noble ideals. We really don't understand this situation. It's unimaginable.
The picture shows Eiko Nakamura
For this kind of behavior, Japanese men at that time were not ashamed but proud of it. Director of the Zhongshan Institute of Imperial Medicine, Nakayama Tadanao once praised this kind of behavior in his article, saying that they were volunteer women's soldiers. .
In the next army, we must recruit more of these women into the army. While teaching them their love for the country, they can also teach them to transform their sexual desire into love for the country. How ridiculous it sounds. But in Japan, where militarism was rampant to the point of madness, everything seemed so pale.
Shocking numbers
Against such a crazy background, the number of comfort women in the Japanese army reached a terrifying level. At that time, Japan's Eleventh Army had a total of more than 2,000 non-commissioned officers , including about 56 generals, Every general needs to be equipped with a comfort woman for a long time. There are about 800 majors in the Eleventh Army, so every two majors must have one comfort woman.
And the number of lieutenants is 1200, 5 lieutenants need a comfort woman to serve them , not just these officers, the soldiers also need to be equipped with comfort women, every 100 soldiers need to be equipped with a comfort woman , based on the size of the Japanese Eleventh Army at that time, a total of 3,800 comfort women were needed.
This was just a Japanese army. We can imagine how large the scale of Japanese comfort women was at that time. However, no matter how dedicated Japan was, there was no way to meet such a large number gap, so the Japanese army They began to forcefully recruit comfort women from the invading countries. In China, South Korea, and Philippines , comfort women were persecuted by the Japanese army. This led to the tragedies in China, South Korea, and the Philippines.
Japan’s post-war comfort women
If you think that with the end of World War II, the evil system of comfort women has come to an end, then you are totally wrong. With Japan’s defeat in the war, the U.S. military began to take over Japan, and the comfort women system became popular again. As the U.S. military began to station in Japan, in order to please the new U.S. troops stationed in Japan, Japan introduced the comfort women system to the military camps of the U.S. troops stationed in Japan, and also set up a special organization. The abbreviation of the Special Comfort Facilities Association is raa.
With such a famous name, more than 1,600 people came to interview comfort women on the day it was announced. According to current statistics, a total of 4.15 million Japanese women participated in the wave of sexual services to the US military at that time..
In fact, with Japan's defeat, the wave of imperialism also quickly retreated. Not so many people still have too many illusions about the Japanese dream and believe that Japan can revive again. They are mostly out of helplessness , many Japanese women who did not become comfort women during World War II, but because the male labor force in the family died in the battlefield after World War II, and Japan's economic depression after the war, the family had no other income, so they could only rely on Selling oneself in exchange for capital to survive.
They need to work with high intensity every day, and the lowest quota needs to serve 10 people every day. Many people want to retreat, but in the face of the generous consumption of American soldiers, they are ultimately defeated by the offensive of money, because except for them He and his children need their support.
And the most ridiculous thing is that the that ended this ridiculous behavior was not the Japanese authorities , but the U.S. military, because at that time, American soldiers did not like to wear protective measures when purchasing sexual services. This led to the continuous spread of sexually transmitted diseases and directly affected the combat effectiveness of the US military stationed in Japan.
So on March 25, 1946, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army in Japan MacArthur announced the closure of all Japanese brothels, and this farce officially came to an end. However, in the face of high profits, there were still many women providing them with services. Illegal sexual services.
Whether they are Chinese comfort women, Korean comfort women, or Japanese comfort women, they are all women who suffered suffering. While we sympathize with them, we must not forget history and always be wary of the resurgence of imperialism. .
