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From Comfort Woman: "We began the day with breakfast, after which
we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom
downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom
did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all
naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young
girl who did not have any pubic hair. "At two, the soldiers came.
My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me.
Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted
me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came
to the garrison in truckloads." "I lay on the bed with my knees up
and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the
soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me.
Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When
the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my
right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the
wall as they violated me. "I shook all over. I felt my blood turn
white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on
Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not
forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: 'Don't be
ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the
responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight
for your rights.'" In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa
Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and
forced into prostitution as a "comfort woman." In this simply told
yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as
the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk
guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader
who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all
odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she
had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new
introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over
the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be
essential reading for all those concerned with violence against
women.
From Comfort Woman: "We began the day with breakfast, after which
we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom
downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom
did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all
naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young
girl who did not have any pubic hair. "At two, the soldiers came.
My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me.
Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted
me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came
to the garrison in truckloads." "I lay on the bed with my knees up
and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the
soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me.
Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When
the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my
right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the
wall as they violated me. "I shook all over. I felt my blood turn
white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on
Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not
forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: 'Don't be
ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the
responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight
for your rights.'" In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa
Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and
forced into prostitution as a "comfort woman." In this simply told
yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as
the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk
guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader
who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all
odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she
had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new
introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over
the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be
essential reading for all those concerned with violence against
women.
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