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Quote by Lee Yong-soo
How am I a comfort woman? Why should I use the dirty name, “comfort woman”? I’m not a comfort woman. I’m Lee Yong-soo.
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The speaker rejects the label “comfort woman” as a dirty name that does not define her. By asking why she should use it, she challenges the term itself rather than accepting an imposed identity. Ending with “I’m Lee Yong-soo” replaces the label with her personal name and asserts her individuality.
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