Men in the Philippines

Americans who were prisoners were singled out for special brutality by the Japanese as payback for Bataan (Philippines). The American Prisoners of War were frequently shipped to different P.O.W camps located around the Philippines, one of the places they were shipped to was Palawan. On December 14, Japanese aircraft reported that they saw an American convoy, which was actually headed for Mindoro, Philippines but the Japanese thought it was headed for Palawan. All the prisoners were called to the…

using published articles and textbooks to research the culture-bound syndrome. Running amok goes by a few different names but is ultimately referenced back to the term used in this paper, and is described as, “a disorder found in Malaysia, the Philippines, Java, and some parts of Africa, jump around violently, yell loudly, grab knives or other weapons, and attack any people and objects they encounter” (Comer, 2010). The quote above shows a brief description of this disorder, which can show the…

The Second World War not only changed the political world, but socially throughout the entire world. WWII affected America and the American citizens as well; one group I would specifically like to speak about is Mexican and Hispanic groups. These two groups are often time either overlooked and not talked about; but had an important role in the American standing in the second World war. I found a very interesting essay on the reality of Mexican Americans and how the war affected the ethnic group…

7th, 1941, the Japanese began invading Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Within a month, Manila was captured and the U.S. - Filipino Army quickly started to run out of necessary supplies needed for survival. People who are educated enough to know what the Japanese did back in the 1940’s have the mindset of them being cruel and vicious people. However, the Japanese are not as violent and brutal as they were in the Philippine Bataan Death March as they have evolved in economics, culture, and…

example of this would be the poem The White Man’s Burden, written by Rudyard Kipling, known for being an extreme imperialist. In the poem, he refers to the people of the Philippines as “half-devil and half-child,” while also referring them as “wild.”6 This is written at a time when the United States is taking over the Philippines, a nation that could’ve been put under the category of “uncivilized.” This is where nationalism and imperialism collide, because imperialism is controlling the smaller…

are paid less than men with equal qualifications and equal working hours. Furthermore, some companies also have “glass ceilings” that prevent women from ascending the corporate hierarchy. From Figure 1, Singapore is not an exception. This study aims to investigate the reasons why gender inequality persists in Singapore’s work force, the resultant consequences and the possible solutions to ameliorate the current situation. In 2011, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) predicted that men earn 30% more…

and violating traffic lights. A study was shown that men were found to drive more aggressive than women do. “Male drivers have been observed to react more aggressively that do women to congestion as well as to reckless, inconsiderate, and impatient driving of others. In addition, male drivers may be more prone than women to engage in revengeful and physically aggressive thinking” (Bruce S. Sharkin). With these two variables being proved, younger men are most likely to get in a road rage…

He heard of the issue that men could not undergo the sport of Basketball anymore, due to the physical contact and the fragileness of men getting older. So he challenged himself to create a game with “A strong athletic impulse, but no physical contact.” The first volleyball net was only six feet and six inches tall versus its present day height of…

basketball”, which shows a similarity with male players (Jones et al. 1999). The second example is almost never working likewise, namely, it is rare to hear men being compared to female ‘equivalent’. Regardless to their great performance, comparable to male’s, they receive much less coverage in media – in 1998 77% of recorded sports news is about men, compared to only 11,7% attention given to women (Koivula 1999). This leads to the reflection whether sport is gender – stereotyped as it is indeed…

He knew that when the United States took control of the Philippines it would bring problems. To most it seemed like a command for white men to takeover other nations (Kipling, 1899). In reality it just meant they were trying to justify imperialism as a difficult task. Kipling was a British author and poet, born in India. Famous for his easy to read…