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Originally Posted by steven
I'm not so certain. This all seems like an unspoken/unwritten history (save for the bits footage taken of the pople involved or first hand/second hand accounts like you've heard. I wouldn't be suprised if similar things are happening today. Instead of quaint Japanese girls, they are quaint (fill in the blank) girls.
I wish I could have talked to my grandpa about his time during the war... there are so many things I would love to have known. The best I can do is talk to my mom or uncle about that kind of thing at this point.
That all sounds quite horrible though, and I'd hope the situation has changed at least in Japan.
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Okinawan Women Fighting for Support From U.S. Servicemen
this section talks about recently -- not WW2. I don' t know where that idea came from.
reading this it looks as though Amerasians youngsters get a raw deal which is very unfair.
I suspect that no matter what country it is-- this sort of thing happens constantly-- it seasy to plant a seed but not so simple for the seed carrier.
Also I don't think religion is a big thing here in UK anymore.
certainly a single mother used to be treated terribly-- especiall by the church-- Ireland inparticular. I am uncertain when abortion was offered by the NHS here. It used to be extremely difficult and so many back street abortions that could kill the mother.
I am afraid that here we allow foetus to be removed even up to 24 weeks. I know of some that did abort at that time- but the NHS would not do that I think. Of course now we are able to scan a baby in the womb-- and so clear it must be terribly difficult and a desperate situation to cause a girl/woman to have an abortion. I still believe that having an abortion is NOT an easy option for any woman. Its later that it can be emotionally very painful. what if's and all that. Killing a live baby should never be an easy option.
Its hardly surprising that a woman would never tell anyone that she has aborted her baby. I believe it is very traumatic--
So men also need to be responsible surely. too often its the woman that is expected to do birth control. Not everyone Likes using condoms anyway.
Prevention is obviously better than cure but even though we have plenty of birth control facilities here-- still girls get preganant. school girls even.