Part 1
Although many people overlook the smaller Asian countries, like the Philippines, that were a part of the effects of comfort women from Japanese soldiers during World War II, it’s important for the stories of these Women to be shared so we can really understand how the Japanese affected women all over Asia. In this paper the focus will be on stories from comfort women from the Philippines and how the Japanese affected their lives.
- Source 1 (Primary): McCarthy, “Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A ‘Comfort Woman’ For Wartime Japan.”
- Type: Primary — Real interview from a Filipina Lola about her experience with the Japanese soldiers and being a comfort woman.
- Helps: Provides evidence of true stories about what it was like being a comfort woman in the Philippines.
- Limitations: Only provides one lens and story.
- Source 2 (Primary): Henson, Maria Rosa. Comfort Woman : A Filipina’s Story of Prostitution and Slavery under the Japanese Military. Second edition. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. Print.
- Type: Primary — Book written by a Filipina woman about her experience as a comfort women and how it affected her.
- Helps: Provides history and evidence of living in the Philippines and what families had to go through when the Japanese soldiers came and what woman went through.
- Limitations: Focuses on the history and life of only one Individual.
- Source 3 (Secondary): BBC News, “The House Where the Philippines’ Forgotten ‘comfort Women’ Were Held.”
- Type: Secondary — Real account from a Filipina woman and how the rape from the Japanese affected her as an adult.
- Helps: Helps understand how the effects of sexual abuse at a young age from the Japanese affects women in their adult lives.
- Limitations: shows how it effected adulthood for only one woman.
- Source 4 (Secondary): Shahani, “‘Comfort Women’ and the Political Economy of Erasure in the Philippines.”
- Type: Secondary — Paper of the history of comfort women and the aftermath of comfort women after the war.
- Helps: Shows the history and aftermath of what happened to comfort women in the Philippines.
- Limitations: Mainly focuses on the history and aftereffects of comfort women.
Part 2
Primary
McCarthy, Julie. “Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A ‘Comfort Woman’ For Wartime Japan.” Asia. NPR, November 29, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/11/29/939811000/philippine-survivor-recounts-her-struggle-as-a-comfort-woman-for-wartime-japan.
Rodell, Paul A. “Comfort Woman: A Filipina’s Story of Prostitution and Slavery under the Japanese Military by Maria Rosa Henson.” Journal of Global South Studies 34, no. 2 (2017): 260–62. https://doi.org/10.1353/gss.2017.0026.
Secondary
BBC News. “The House Where the Philippines’ Forgotten ‘comfort Women’ Were Held.” Magazine. June 16, 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36537605.
Shahani, Lila Ramos. “‘Comfort Women’ and the Political Economy of Erasure in the Philippines.” Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 21, no. 11 (2023): N.PAG-N.PAG. 173989211. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=d3896227-d438-3021-a916-c6597743882b.
