Women in the Philippines

and become nannies. Women from all over the world migrate to work here however, there is a noticeable influx of women from the Philippines who are forced to leave their families and children back home in search of income. The live-in caregivers provide care to children and the elderly in Canadian homes. Migrant Filipina domestic workers are part of a ‘global care chain’ that links middle-class women in receiving nations, migrant domestic workers, as well as third world women who are too poor to…

Definition of Culture by Merriam-Webster," 2016.) The components that create a culture are: symbols; language; norms; values; and material culture and technology. One country whose culture we need to understand for possible future engagements is the Philippines. They may become an adversary to the United States in the near future and it is imperative the U.S maintains its…

Numerous online articles have been published on colonial mentality; all pointing to the fact that Filipinos nowadays are becoming more foreign in their own land. The culture of migration effectively started in the 1970’s, when the government deployed Filipinos abroad to foster a good relationship with other nations and to lessen the unemployment rate of the country (Asis, 2006). It then “[promoted] the illusion that good societies are places to be found rather than painstakingly built by the…

Patriarchy in the Philippines In Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn, three characters portrays society’s expectation of gender roles in position. Daisy, Pucha and Isabel challenges this perspective of male rule over the social ranking of women. Daisy goes against the idea of beauty pageants securing women’s dominance. Isabel tolerates her husband in order to maintain their social status. Pucha, at a young age have the mindset of marrying a man for his wealth. Beauty symbolizes the role of women…

destiny to guide other countries such as the Philippines into the right path because they are the chosen people. Interventionalists want to spread democratic ideals to other countries. US president McKinley declared war against Spain in 1898 and as a result gains imperialistic control of the of the Philippines in Southeast-Asia. Many Filipinos think that America is their savior from their colonial master Spain but instead America treats the Philippines even worse. Directly after the…

Thesis Statement: In the “Gender Issues and Pro Women Labor Laws in the Work Place” opinion piece by Atty. Josephus Jimenez, Atty. Jimenez thinks pro-women advocates should stop pushing pro-women labor laws through legislation. In the article, although he committed mistakes by using unfair statements, and by committing the red herring fallacy, he is successful in supporting the arguments of his article with factual evidence. The Bias Solutions of Gender Inequality: An Article Critique of Atty.…

What do people think of when someone tells them of the Philippine War? Most will respond with “the Philippines and Americans fighting with each other” not exactly there’s way more than that to even begin with. Before the Philippine American War started we were at war with Spain for no more than four months. Firstly, Spain didn’t want war with any country whatsoever, Later Spain promised Washington to end all concentration camps and make peace with them. But the United States didn’t buy…

Hawaii. The Philippines were initially colonized by the Spanish and after the Spanish–American War in 1898, the United States bought the Philippines.This…

comes to take a firm grasp on a myriad of different types of families, as gendered language seeps into their thoughts and actions. Through historical pressures and Western influence, one can view the significance of gendered ideologies in the Philippines having to be contoured and contorted in order to satisfy the restructuring of economy and politics from colonization; ultimately favoring a patriarchal reign in all political sectors. In order to establish the idea that the nuclear family…

S. should not annex the Philippines because the Philippine people are very experienced in speaking their own language and also having their own currency which means that they are capable of self ruling. For economic reasons like doing agriculture for a living and making some money off of that income that is why the U.S. should not annex the Philippines as well. The Philippine government was already sturdy and running perfectly fine before the U.S. colonized the Philippines and they were making…