https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7 Reading working-class women's accounts on what modernization meant for them en-us 2021-08-23 05:27:47 UTC 2025-12-24 04:39:05 UTC hello@padlet.com roman161 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691972768 Prostitution was practiced in early 1900's Japan as a means of financial stability for lower class families in society. It was at the cost of many physical, emotional, and emotional trauma of girls who had no choice in this practice and were sold into sexual slavery by their families or brokers who profited over the exploitation of these girls.]]> 2021-08-23 20:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691972768 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691975249 Many workers in factories were children as young as 7 years old. 20-25% of children in wool mills died. They were paid very little (1/100th of a yen after food). They were abused, beaten, and humiliated as punishment. They work day and night.]]> 2021-08-23 20:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691975249 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691976270 2021-08-23 20:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691976270 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691976466 Costs of modernization:
- Poor, cramped working and living conditions lead to the spread of diseases
- Children working the factories often died
- Workers suffered frequent and unforgiving punishments]]> 2021-08-23 20:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691976466 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691978153 Prostitution was a very disturbing cost of modernization. 
Many young girls were sold by their families because of extreme poverty.
Bad brokers gained their wealth from selling young girls. 
Legalized by the government]]> 2021-08-23 20:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691978153 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691978536 the prostitutes were sold off without a choice. it appeared more like an honorable act since it was done to support their families.]]> 2021-08-23 20:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691978536 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691979005 Working in the mines put a burden on lower class families, making women have to do intensive labor to support their family, causing them to either be separated from them, or having to put their own children in danger. Some would have thoughts such as "Will today be the day he is going to lose his parents?" due to the dangerous conditions in the mines. While others lost their children in the mines while trying to take care of them and work at the same time]]> 2021-08-23 20:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691979005 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691979447 women had expectations of saving money but that was not even possible in the factories. Families who sent their children there thought they would be productive but had their lives shortened because of harsh conditions — Jen]]> 2021-08-23 20:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691979447 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981201 You will never know when someone close to you is going to die. Mothers need to take care of their children while working. The work in the mines is so dangerous that people's safety cannot be guaranteed.]]> 2021-08-23 20:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981201 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981385 The cost for Factory workers 
-Child labor 
-Lower income for basic food purchase
-Woman experienced harsh treatment during their work time. 

]]> 2021-08-23 20:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981385 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981637 Miner's labor assisted with the rapid industrialization of Japan as well as the creation of jobs. But at the cost of laborer's lives and safety who did very intensive and dangerous work. Use of child labor and endangering of infant's lives when the mothers would bring their children into the mines: makes me assume the job was low paid.

]]> 2021-08-23 20:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691981637 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691982498 Despite the economic progress, women and children faced unhealthy working conditions (dangerous machinery, sickness, etc) in garment industries. However, this is a step for women gaining career opportunities outside of domestic work.]]> 2021-08-23 20:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691982498 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691985548 The mines were dangerous and brutal, and many women were forced to take care of their children in these dangerous environments. In effect, the government's obsession with economic productivity interfered with low income families' ability to raise children. ]]> 2021-08-23 20:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691985548 https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691986858 Modernization and industrialization lead to mining growing as an industry, requiring paid laborers.  The first voice speaks about how women and girls did dangerous, intensive work in the mines. Although modernization created paid labor in mining, stories of the risk of death in the mines, as well as stories of losing loved ones, were on the minds of those who worked there. There were countless risks and safety hazards that had led to lives lost while working in this industry.]]> 2021-08-23 20:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/y_ni1/1zq9z8nbpn2hglf7/wish/1691986858