"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 and American men have taken "temporary wives" during their stay in the Phillippines, to abandon the women and any children afterwards. (CATW - Asia Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific)
Official Corruption & Collaboration
Many police officers and government officials have sexually assaulted or exploited girls in the Philippines. Congressman Romeo Jalosjos raped a 12-year-old girl. Binan Mayor Bayani Alonte was accused of raping a......

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Title: Prostituion And Its Effects
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