This is a large misconception. The Comfort Women were sexual slaves to the Japanese army and were not there because they wanted to be there. Some were as young as twelve. They were mostly Philippine and Korean women and many of them are still living–waiting for the Japanese government to issue a formal apology and deliver some sort of restitution.
euphemism: 1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. 2. the expression so substituted: "To pass away" is a euphemism for "to die."
