Is discrimination with regard to gender still a practice in the Philippines nowadays?

Is discrimination with regard to gender still a practice in the Philippines nowadays? Justify your answer.

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    1. ceejhei on November 8th, 2009

      i am a filipino and i must say, “yes”… most especially with gay men and women… they get discriminated a lot… but between straigh men and women, not anymore… the focus of discrimination of most filipinos are the gays and lesbians… because, our society is not yet ready to accept them although there are a lot of individuals of the third sex… most of the filipinos still remain conservative…

    2. Binibini on November 8th, 2009

      women RULES the Philippines.

      The president is Female ( although she’s a male bulldog as far as I’m concern)

      the man may be the one who brings the bacon at home but it’s the woman who makes the final decision in every aspect.

    3. Ken on November 8th, 2009

      Before I answer, I have to know if you are a guy or a girl because i have a couple of different answers depending on the asker’s gender.

    4. MyNameIsAnya on November 8th, 2009

      I don’t think so. Because nowadays, men and women are already treated EQUAL here.

    5. Aref H4 on November 8th, 2009

      I am in total accord with the Lady Binibini.

      It is the ladies who rule the Government, the municipalities, the households, etc.

      That is why I prefer to stay here in Saudi. Hahahaha!

    6. Kojak on November 8th, 2009

      While there are vestiges of gender discrimination in the Philippines …..we are number two in the world for womens equality. There is a long history in the Philippines for gender equality. During the Philippine revolution there was a provision for feminine equal rights. This was 30 years before women got the right to vote in America.
      These vestiges of these male preferrances are for example…..A man if he catches his wife having sex with another man…..he can kill both of them in a crime of passion (the French have a similar policy)and he probably get away with that murder….but if a woman catches her husband cheating…..she can do nothing. The overwhelming majority of Philippine businesses are male dominated and owned. .
      Machismo is alive and well in the Philippines.

      In addition certain societal roles are considered “male”….while others are “female” The bottom line here in the Philippines is while gender discrimination does exist…..that discrimination is small when compared to other countries.

      Much the same is true of the discrimination inflicted upon gays. While homophobia is present in the Philippines it is not as severe as that found in most other countries. For example I had two openly homosexual teachers on my high school staff; that would be impossible in America. It is true that on occasion some filipino social retards will beat up a gay in a vain attempt to prove their masclinity but they rarely kill them.
      In many other countries they are often murdered; In Iran the government shoots gays.

    7. SAMD010 on November 8th, 2009

      I don’t know about the Philippines, but here in the USA, if a wise-mouth pops off his jaws to you and you back-hand him in the chops; you need to find out first if he is a homosexual. Because our Federal Government will send you up in the Federal Penitentiary for 25-years-to-Life for that!!! Homosexuals are better than regular, normal citizens of the United States of America. That’s the LAW!!!!!!

    8. darkofthemoon on November 8th, 2009

      While there have been many gains in terms of achieving gender equality, gender discrimination still exists in the Philippines, unfortunately.

      Women still do not have access to reproductive health services such as contraception and this is discrimination because women are the ones who are in most need of such services. Women have the right to make decisions regarding their own lives and their own bodies (my body, my choice) but this concept of choice is not recognized by many Filipinos. For me, this non-recognition is gender discrimination.

      Also, double standards of morality still exist in Philippine culture and for me, this is also gender discrimination. When women have casual sex, they are generally seen as promiscuous but men who have casual sex are not considered as such (people say “boys will be boys”). Our current laws even continue to penalize women who have extra-marital affairs more than the men. Isn’t this clearly gender discrimination?

      Women are expected more than the men to be in-charge of controlling her fertility, to submit to the wishes of her husband/male partner (e.g., have sex even if she doesn’t want to), to readily give up her career and ambitions to take care of the home and family…. When a society expects women to conform to such expectations and punishes them for not conforming by calling them “bad mothers”, “sluts”, “bad wives”, etc., this is gender discrimination.

      Our society still has a long way to go to truly achieve gender equality and equity.

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