History must speak for itself and for these women. Maybe in letting the world know the damaged that was caused, these women will finally receive the justice they rightfully deserve. History cannot continue to ignore them. They have been emotionally violated for the last fifty to sixty years, and it must end now. History must teach us as much about the Comfort Women as it has taught us about the Jews and the Nazis or the slaves and the soldiers of war. There is a lot we can learn from this story. Crimes against women remain a contemporary problem that maybe we can stop from continuing.
It is impossible to ever know exactly how these women felt but by simply reading their experiences, I feel moved inside. I have enjoyed learning about the comfort Women because it has been a part of history unspoken or taught about. I am proud to have enlightened those who have read my essay and were never aware of this horrid war crime. The sources I mainly used were Yoshimi and Hick. They were very informative. Yet there is so much they don t cover and many issues still haven t been fully researched that remain in question. This study of war and crimes is a vast one, that a historian can spend his life uncovering.
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