Approximately three quarters of comfort women died, and most survivors were left infertile due to sexual trauma or sexually-transmitted disease. According to Japanese soldier Yasuji Kaneko “The women cried out, but it didn’t matter to us whether the women lived or died. We were the emperor’s soldiers. Whether in military brothels or in the villages, we raped without reluctance.” Beatings and physical torture were said to be common.
I’ve read stories of women being raped with bayonets. So many people endured such horrifying treatment, and so few of their stories are known. That’s probably the greatest tragedy of all.
(Source: nasigaruda, via historyishuman)
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