of the book Japan’s Comfort Women-Sexual slavery and prostitution during WWII and the US occupation by Yuki Tanaka. This book was published in 2002 by Routledge. The book deals with the thousands of Japanese‚ Korean‚ Chinese and other Asian and European women who were victims of organized sexual violence and prostitution by means of "comfort stations" setup by the Japanese military during World War II. As we first get into the book‚ we find out that the origins of comfort stations i.e. military
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Japanese Comfort Women It is estimated that between one and two hundred thousand female sex slaves were forced to deliver sexual services to Japanese soldiers‚ both before and during World War II. These women were known as comfort women and the Imperial Conference‚ which was composed of the emperor‚ representatives from the armed forces and the main Cabinet ministers‚ approved their use by Japanese soldiers. (Walkom) The term "comfort women" refers to the victims of a "premeditated systematic plan
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"Comfort Women" Historians estimate there were between 80‚000 and 200‚000 comfort women during World War II. Of these many were from the Korean peninsula‚ China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Netherlands‚ and the Philippines. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) More than half of the 169 comfort women survivors in the Philippines were below age 20 when kidnapped by the now-defunct Japanese Imperial Army troops. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) Australian
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ask challenging questions about what appear as normal‚ everyday banalities in order to try and understand make visible’ the hidden gendering of the practice and theorizing of international relations” –Cynthia Enloe In times of armed conflict‚ women are most susceptible to violence and silencing through the sexualization‚ dehumanization‚ and stigmatization of their identities. Janie Leatherman highlights this point when stating “gender based violence often intensifies and becomes more extreme
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An Uncomfortable Truth: Historical Institutionalism‚ Postcolonial Feminism‚ and the “Comfort Women” of World War II Historical institutionalism (HI) has often been used to discuss the sexual slavery committed by Japanese forces against Japanese‚ Korean‚ Taiwanese‚ Chinese‚ Southeast Asian‚ and Dutch women during World War II. “(D)istinguished from other social science approaches by its attention to real-world empirical questions‚ its historical orientation and its attention to the ways in which
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Comfort object A comfort object‚ transitional object‚ or security blanket is an item used to provide psychological comfort‚ especially in unusual or unique situations‚ or at bedtime for small children. Among toddlers‚ comfort objects may take the form of a blanket‚ a stuffed animal‚ or [1] a favorite toy‚ and may be referred to by (English-speaking) toddlers as blankey and lovey. Cuddly toys are sometimes carried in emergency vehicles and police patrol cars‚ to be given to children involved
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explain what comfort foods are. Second‚ I’ll explain why people resort to food for comfort. Finally‚ I‘ll explain why comforting yourself with food is so bad for you. Body Transition: So let’s begin. Main Idea I: First of all‚ comfort foods are foods that put people in better moods or make them feel better. • A comfort food usually consists of high sugar or carbohydrate content‚ like candy or chips. A typical comfort food should supply fullness or satisfaction after being consumed. Comfort foods may
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Module E02 - Health and Comfort in Buildings ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C/w 03: HOME THERMAL COMFORT STUDY Module: Coursework: C/w 4: Weighting Coursework Issued: Submission Deadline: Word Limit Page Limit File format E02 – Health and Comfort in Buildings HOME THERMAL COMFORT ESSAY 50% of marks
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Comfort women were women and girls forced into a prostitution corps created by the Empire of Japan.[1] The name "comfort women" is a translation of a Japanese name ianfu (慰安婦).[2][3] Ianfu is a euphemism for shōfu (娼婦) whose meaning is "prostitute(s)".[4] The earliest reporting on the issue in South Korea stated it was not a voluntary force‚[5] and since 1989 a number of women have come forward testifying they were kidnapped by Imperial Japanese soldiers. Historians such as Lee Yeong-Hun[6] and
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of Adaptive Thermal comfort I have recorded my thermal sensation by an hour intervals during a week. At this time‚ the relative humidity and temperature of my surrounding environment was been recorded by a sensor carried by me at all the time‚ every 900seconds. Background 3 A further thermal study of my living space was developed at the same time but carried out for a longer period. The data obtained from this survey is shown in the following slides. 4 Comfort Feeling Diary Study Home
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