映像作家と呼べばいいのだろうか？様々な肩書きを持つ彼女であるが、彼女は慰安婦の多くが日本人女性であったことは知らない。日本軍慰安婦システムはこの種の戦争犯罪の好例として、欧米のインテリ層の間で有名になった感がある。
20年間に渡る日韓の運動家たちの宣伝の成果である。
...Congo is not a geographical location I am familiar with, but as a woman I certainly would like see the result of the “Besiege” project. I hope this project can provide some clues about the act of rape in war zones, to be shared worldwide. Apart from a weapon of war, historically rape has been a form of a war booty. The feminine body has always been viewed as a prize to be shared amongst the winning side, alongside lands and properties. This is not exclusive to one specific culture. (Remember the Vikings?)
We have plenty evidence this in recent time – From the mass rape of German women by Russian armies avenging the Nazi (WW2), rape of Chinese and Korean “comfort women” by the Japanese army (WW2), right through to the prostitution epidemic in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand during/after the Vietnam war to accommodate the US soldiers. (SE Asian women are still heavily stigmatised by the “I love you long time” image. A form of cultural emasculation? Absolutely).
What’s happening in Congo is a tragedy. But it is also another chapter in a long history of war rape that has yet to be changed.
David Campbell （個人ブログ）
