We often say that "a happy life is the same, and an unhappy life has its own merits".
For the former ***, after returning to the family and society, the environment is different, and they will face different encounters. But encounters may have their own merits, but all of them are tragedies, and the same is true for Japan.
Before talking about Japan, China's situation is even more worthy of our attention.
In "Twenty-Two", a documentary about the 22 surviving *** in China, an old man said, "My greatest wish is peace between China and Japan, there will be no war, and if there is war, more people will suffer." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, because most of these old people were in four walls, some lost their fertility, some were incognito, and some could only receive meager subsidies and die alone.
It is indeed admirable that they have been so calm in the face of such setbacks.
After two months to two years of inhumane treatment, they would have to carry the rest of their lives with these experiences, and if it weren't for the public's attention, the weak voices of these people would not have been heard by anyone.
If they hadn't been found through various channels, they would not have told their children or neighbors about their experiences, and some of them would have to live incognito in a strange city again.
We would like to thank everyone who spoke out about this incident, they were brave.
At the same time, in the face of the atrocities committed by the Japanese during World War II, each of us should resist and remember, because no one wants the tragedy to happen again.
In the face of this catastrophe, the fact that the scars are always bloody underneath, in addition to staring at the scars, we want to see what happened to these women who were caught in the whirlpool in the post-war life.
**The incident was first heard by everyone in 1973, when Japanese journalist Natsumitsu Ganda published the book "Serving in the Army", which was published in a book that he began in the 60s after various investigations and visits.
The content of the book produced a nuclear explosion-level shock in the world at that time, and put this cruel history buried underground in detail under the sun.
In any war, men have absolute dominance, while women face the fate of becoming victims of war, and they are the direct victims of war, whether it is China or Japan, they are all victims of being drawn into the war.
There is no doubt that the *system is a "military slavery system", which is also unique to Japan, and is one of the crimes committed by it in World War II, which destroyed countless families in this cruel history.
As mentioned at the beginning, everyone's experience is different, and it is impossible to generalize, because different people will face completely different situations, which has to mention the reasons why different people become ***.
Before becoming the reason for ***, it is clear why Japan created such a frenzied system
If you want to get a glimpse of the reason, Yoshiaki Yoshida detailed the relevant issues in the "Collection of Information on the Army" published in 1992, and he believes that there are three motives for the birth of the system.
The first is to provide sexual comfort to soldiers;Second, it was because the Japanese army encountered the problem of venereal diseases at that time, which affected the rhythm of the invasion of China, and hoped to provide a closed-loop way to avoid the problem of venereal diseasesThird, it can prevent the Japanese army**.
So most of the *** at the beginning were local Japanese Fengyue women, who came to China in the agitation and interests, and became the first batch of ***
In fact, the ** system is not uncommon in Japan itself, this is a special "sexual politics" in Japan, and it is also the military version of Japan's public prostitution system, which seems unreasonable in other countries, but in Japan, it was born long before the end of their Sengoku period.
In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, because just after the end of the Warring States period, there were many young men looking for a livelihood in Osaka Castle, but the number of young men would inevitably affect public security, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi first thought of using the "Wandering Girl House" to stabilize public security.
The so-called wandering girls are the courtesans who appeared in the Nara period of Japan, and they used performances and sexual services to appease the hearts of the people of the time.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi soon saw the effect, and because of the effect of the "Yunuya", the security in Osaka Castle was visibly improved, and the young men were stabilized, and from this, the Yukokuye was officially established.
This is also the beginning of Japan's "sexual politics", the fair brothel has become a unique part of Japan's culture, the public prostitution system has a long history, and it is not surprising that the *** system has been produced in modern times.
In Japan, the status of Japanese women is very low, and in order to make a living, many fathers are even willing to sell their daughters, but they will not sell their own cattle and horses.
When the time came to World War II, many Fengyue women themselves were engaged in this profession, and it was a merit to serve the country on the front line, and they had no reason to refuse.
But when they came to the front line, many Japanese officers were very disgusted, they were very dissatisfied with Fengyue Girl, thinking that this was a humiliation to themselves, so in the rear, Japan vigorously summoned ordinary good women to the front line to "serve the motherland".
Because the status of women in Japan is extremely low, at that time, ** was paid 1,000 yen, and many female students from poor families were deceived into going to the front.
In the propaganda, the Japanese do not use the word **, but "geisha" or "women", these girls think that they can return to their hometowns in a few months, but many of them go for seven or eight years, and some even ten years to return home.
At this time, the *** system has come to the second stage, and many women from good families in Japan have been militarized, and they go to the front line in the name of patriotism.
Some of them even think that it is insulting to pay them, because they are serving the country, and it is too tacky to talk about money, so many people do not want income and are willing to "serve" the Japanese army for free.
At the end of 1937, Japan attacked Nanjing on a large scale, and a premeditated and planned large-scale ** began.
In less than a month, Nanjing has long been no longer prosperous, only a purgatory on earth, at least 20,000 women and children were invaded by the Japanese army, and more than 1,000 of them died with hatred.
According to the trial of the military court later, it was learned that between December 1937 and February of the following year, the Japanese army violated the Japanese army to varying degrees from the 77-year-old woman to the 9-year-old girl in Nanjing.
At this time, the Japanese had already gone crazy, and with it, physical diseases were spreading widely in the barracks, and the army began to expand the comfort stations in order to avoid the problem of loss of combat effectiveness.
This period has entered the third stage of the *** system, the Japanese began to extend their tentacles to the "vicinity of the army station", China and Korea became the main *** of the Japanese conscription.
At this time, the Japanese army communicated with the "prostitution owners" stationed in the area, and constantly recruited unmarried women to serve in the Japanese army.
Against such a frantic backdrop, comfort stations were constantly built in Nanjing, but the Chinese people have always been conservative, so the Japanese army and local prostitution owners began to do whatever it takes.
They used coaxing to get young women to serve the Japanese army, and at first many people from poor families or maids from dilapidated families were sold to comfort stations, but as the invasion intensified, the number began to be insufficient.
The Japanese army and many profit-seeking businessmen acted in cahoots, forcibly kidnapped them by violent means, and were severely beaten if they did not comply. The ratio of the Japanese army's hope to the army is 1:29, and with the Japanese landing on a large scale, the number of ** is also rising.
In short, according to the statistics of the number of Japanese troops at that time: the number of *** at the peak was at least 10w, taking into account some illness, death and other situations, some scholars even believe that the number can reach 20w.
- Most of these women were forced into this profession, and although in the end Japan was defeated, these girls were also labeled, and it was difficult for them to return to life like ordinary people.
The conservative Chinese are self-evident, and the Japanese *** are also facing a marginalized situation after returning home, they have not welcomed flowers and applause, nor have they become national heroes, but can only live on the dark side of society.
One of the most well-known Japanese *** is Eiko Nakamura, who not only volunteered to be *** herself, but also took her 14-year-old daughter to the front line with her, and even inspired her husband to go to the battlefield.
Nakamura Eiko's fate is tragic, but she is only one of the representatives of tens of millions of Japanese ***, under the double aggression of Japan's modern public prostitution system and militarist ideology, many people have become ***
Not only did they not gain fame and fortune, but they were even psychologically damaged beyond repair.
Some Japanese women have been in China for many years, and when Japan is finally defeated, she knows that she has no face to return to her family, so she stays in a remote Chinese town and lives incognito.
Those who returned to their hometowns, many of them were reluctant to mention this past, and even after the war, they could not have a normal relationship with a male **, let alone marry like a normal person, and that "crazy" experience completely changed the fate of these people.
Not only that, but a large number of them are left with physical disabilities, they can no longer live as normal people, and after calming down, no one wants to look back on this past.
And Japan is also a country that pays a lot of attention to collectivism, these women who are labeled as *** live like aliens for the rest of their lives, and the vast majority of the surviving *** have no children, and even some people choose to break themselves because they can't face their families.
During World War II, Japan's ** system was an unprecedented tragedy, with hundreds of thousands of women across Asia being poisoned, and countless families were destroyed behind this tragedy.
Needless to say, this is an unjustifiable evil act of Japanese militarism, and it is an extremely brutal system that makes people shudder and sigh for all the victims!
Just like the old man in the beginning of "Twenty-Two" said: "I hope that there will be no war in the world, and I hope that no one will be harmed." ”