According to Chiang Mei-fen, many comfort women have never gotten married because they hate men or couldn't have children. Even among those who have married or cohabited, family life for most has not been happy.
何碧珍指出，阿嬤們初出面投訴時，和大多性傷害者的反應相同，普遍都有「自傷」的心理；江美芬也說，投訴的案例中，許多慰安婦因不孕或討厭男人一輩子不願結婚，大多人即使結婚或與人同居，也過著並不愉快的家庭生活。