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Women in the wars

"At the time, I had one main thing on the brain, and that was sex, like any ordinary teenager," she laughs, "but the war changed everything. I learned that sex could be used as a weapon in warfare,... Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Nov 23 2007

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