We put so much emphasis on the legalities which by the way is already moving in the Supreme Court. I don't think the Court would stop the implementation of the law backing up our movement. Not at all, when they know that with 55 thousand babies born, that would be translating to P5,500,000 pesos every day if we will be spending P100 per day for food per baby. And that amount does not include yet the children who have been born already.
Can you imagine Folks, where oh where will the government get the funds to feed these newly born babies?And where will it get the money to give them education in the next twenty years?
This is why not even the legalities would solve this problem at all. Telling a couple, "Hey use contraceptives when coupling," will solve the burgeoning increase in population. Why, because whenever the men go out of the house, they see on the jeepneys, on the roads, whether small streets or big avenues in the cities, women, girls, female tots, even elderly women -- fat, thin, obese, poor, rich -- walking around in short shorts. I have seen the men's faces turn, their eyes getting blurry when they look at those sights of them who do not care how their looks affect the libido of men.
Even jeepney drivers cannot help stopping for a few moments to gaze at those sights. And some women have the whackiest habit of all to be sitting by the entrance to the jeepney.
We must have a comprehensive movement to tackle the continuing impregnation of Filipino women. That should include efforts from all sectors, especially education, religion, local government units and non-government organizations.
I think that Filipino women are losing their sense of Philippine identity, a case of low self-esteem as they copy with great abandon the fashion that comes from abroad. Whatever they see on the TV screen, with women gyrating in the skimpiest clothes, they ape the same. And who are these latter performers but I do believe, nighttime nightclub performers hired to perform on daytime just so to titillate the viewers and increase their number for more advertising profits. Who is the dancer willing to wear such types of costumes if not those who are comfortable wearing them on stage? Ballet dancers and modern dancers I believe would not agree to wearing them for TV entertainment, except if the script has more valuable message to say.
Now why should we bother about Philippine identity? And why not? The recent declaration of Hong Kong about stopping Philippine officials from entering their airports without visas, is a sign of our lowered esteem in the international circles. The intrusion of China into our waters is another. The preponderance of drug cartels brought in from Mexico, Nigeria, etc. is also a sign of our loose commitment to the higher values of life.
Aren't there statistics to show that sexual crimes have risen, the most horrible of which is the use of children for cybercrime pornography?
What about the latest 2008 statistics about the number of sexual assaults recorded by police in our country per 100,000 population? We are number 37 out of a list of 50 countries. It says .025 per 1,000 population. In terms of rape, we are on the 7th level with 2585 per 100,000 population in 2009.
So, as we lose our international moral standing, and crimes continue unabated in our midst, the Filipino women fashionistas, walk and run in great abandon thinking that this is the way for them to express their freedom -- to show their thighs without thinking of the consequences.
We used to say that the Philippine revolutions would not have been successful -- the fight for independence from colonial rules -- without the participation of women. Now we say, that the degradation of the country, the economic poverty of the people -- is also influenced by the way women carry themselves today. With few clothes on their bodies, aren't they saying that "Yes, I love my body. You may look at it anytime, anywhere. Now come and persuade me...."
It is a come-on when a woman bares herself, a come-on to appreciate and possibly make her feel sexy all the time, morning, afternoon or evening. That is what revealing their bodies is saying. We cannot go any lower than that.
All these show that the standards for womanhood of the women have gone berserk. They no longer view intellectual debates or even creative work as prime motivations for appreciating them. Rather, they prefer to use their bodies to bring attention to themselves. Immediately at that. Isn't this a case of low self-esteem?
(That student of UP Manila who committed suicide, wasn't that an example of low self-esteem at work on her part, after her request for continuing attending the school was rejected?)
How come local officials have not said anything about women parading their bodies in the barangay streets, in the city avenues? It is because it is a beautiful sight for the machos who want to feel that men ought to be fed with sexy scenes all the time. And the women who disagree feel helpless, hopeless about the situation, so some of them join in.
Why, the media continually remind them of that as well, from print to TV. Mind you on the radio, have you heard, "Malaki, gusto ko malaki" a girl utters with great frustration, which is a hint of the size of the p_____ of the men. Then another spiel, "Ang tanga-tanga ko talaga" a girl's voice referring to her lack of knowledge of a radio feature of her celfone. Who wrote these spiels? Why air such spiels if not to regard women as sex objects, as ignoramuses not befitting of equality in society, a complete denigration of the women's movement?
By the way, how come, the education officials have not come up with a dress code for the students of some universities and colleges where girls go to classrooms in short shorts? Why oh Why? The male students have lower grades, lower attainment in these schools.
Moreover, the existence of gender and development units in these institutions is mere lip service to the women's movement. The officers of these units are not that brave enough to confront their academic officials and most of all the education officials for their moral lapses in enforcing a more appropriate attire for Filipino female students fit for doing academic work and not for lazing around in the beach.
Some religious officials also would rather contend with the government about poverty rather than pointing out the need for a more modest dress for women, something that would make the women be revered like Mother Mary and other female saints (not necessarily dress up like them as they belong to a certain age.) Why don't they express their disgust at all, (and what about the women in the religious sectors) about the very revealing clothes of women in public?
Why? Why? Isn't the physical aspect also responsible for the uncontrollable impregnation of women and for the increasing number of unwanted and unschooled children?
How many parents could give quality time to the rearing of five or six children? And what quality time are we talking about here? What kind of life will women lead if they would be taking care of babies all their lives?
I think this is also why the crimes against women have become more brazen, more violent, as the sex crimes.
The women's movement in the Philippines is at its lowest, despite the demonstrations for the non-repeal of the reproductive health law. Maybe it is time for us to take stock of where the movement should be going; its coverage; and who the leading sectors should be.
So to 2014, Kong Hei Fat Choi, let us have more and more babies!. Bring them on!. Bahala na ang Diyos kung paano silang pakakainin, dadamitan, kung saan ititira at kung paaaralin pa o hindi na.
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