Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 108 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesGender StudiesHistoryGender HistoryWomen's HistoryWomen's StudiesGender In AsiaJapanese HistorySexual ExploitationSexual PoliticsViolence Against WomenWorld War IiComfortJapanese ImperialismJapanese PoliticsJapanese SocietyProstitution HistorySocial History Of JapanWar Crimes In AsiaWorld War Ii History
Over 100,000 women across Asia were victims of enforced prostitution by the Japanese Imperial Forces during World War II. Until as recently as 1993 the Japanese government continued to deny this shameful aspect of its wartime history. George Hicks's book is the only history in English regarding this terrible enslavement of women.