Comfort women

an analysis on prostitution in the Second World War (1939-1945)

Authors

  • Murilo Mesquita Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Maria Beatriz Santos Azevedo Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Laura Beatriz Benício Vieira Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Adriano Ribeiro de Castro Federal University of Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36311/1982-8004.2022.v15.n2.p109-122

Keywords:

Comfort women, Feminist Theory, International Security, Second World War, Japan

Abstract

In order to investigate the experience of women in the Asian scenario of the Second World War (1939-1945), the general objective of the research is to analyze the role of comfort women in the war scenario; and as specific objectives of (i) characterizing the role of these women in the Japanese security strategy; (ii) describe the concepts of militarized prostitution, militarized rape and comfort women; and (iii) identify the factors responsible for the creation of comfort women. The first section presents a feminist theoretical contribution on the role of women in war scenarios. In the second, the concepts of militarized prostitution and comfort women are worked on. The third presents the historical context regarding the development of this war practice. In the end, comfort women is configured as a war practice adopted by the Japanese state that regulates the conduct of its armed forces.

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Author Biographies

  • Murilo Mesquita, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Doutor em Ciência Política pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Mestre e Bacharel em Relações Internacionais na Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB). Licenciatura em História pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) e Graduando em Direito (UFPB). Professor Substituto no Curso de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) e Professor de Relações Internacionais na Universidade Potiguar (UnP). E-mail: murilo_mesquita@hotmail.com Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4191506755223439

  • Maria Beatriz Santos Azevedo, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Bacharela em Relações Internacionais (UEPB). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-8313 Email: beatrizaze@hotmail.com

  • Laura Beatriz Benício Vieira, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Graduanda em Relações Internacionais (UEPB). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-0785 Email: laura.beatriz0698@gmail.com

  • Adriano Ribeiro de Castro, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Graduando em Relações Internacionais (UEPB). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-2473 | Email: adrianoribeiro58@gmail.com

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Published

2022-12-23

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Miscelânea

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MESQUITA, Murilo; AZEVEDO, Maria Beatriz Santos; VIEIRA, Laura Beatriz Benício; CASTRO, Adriano Ribeiro de. Comfort women: an analysis on prostitution in the Second World War (1939-1945). Revista Aurora, Marília, SP, v. 15, n. 2, p. 109–122, 2022. DOI: 10.36311/1982-8004.2022.v15.n2.p109-122. Disponível em: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/13221.. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.