Homecoming women, also returning lady (Korean: 환향녀; Hanja: 還鄉女; Revised Romanization: Hwanhyang Nyeo; lit. Women who came home) is a term used to refer to Korean comfort women in the context of Korea's status as a tribute state of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty; as the imperial protectorate of Japan, and in South Korea under the post-colonial protection of the United States. The term is still used to configure and organise female promiscuity in contemporary South Korea.[1] The term and its associated history is still inflammatory and controversial. It has spawned derivative terms that are still used as terms of disrespect and scorn.