IS PATRIACHY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH TAGALOG EXPRESSIONS?
For me, yes, these tagalog expressions have a relation with patriarchy.
Honestly speaking, I think I’m lucky that I haven’t experience sexism until now but
I’ve seen a lot of people being discriminated in the internet. The first expression,
“babae kase”, from what I’m seeing, men use this term whenever they see
females who do physical activities that are related to “masculine” activities,
slowly. It is like, men say this word as an excuse for a woman who is slacking, but
in the female’s perspective, it is an insult as it seems like they are saying that
females are weak. The second word, “lalaki kase”, I think people often say this to
males in a negative way, like, just because they are males – lalaki, they think
everything they will do, will harm a person, or will become a troublemaker in the
future. But, from what I’m seeing, even though males do something negative,
some people still think it is okay unless it’s against the law. Haligi ng Tahanan is
the father in the family; they are seen as strong and is expected to protect their
own family. For this reason, they do not let their wives work because their pride
won’t let them. For mothers, they are called Ilaw ng Tahanan, before, all they do
for the family is do every household choirs and take care of the children because
they are not allowed to work nor have a proper education. But now, we can see
mothers who have jobs and make a living even at home to help financing the
family. I think the term pakipot is an action done by females in courting stage,
they do this to make sure that the guy’s feelings and intention are genuine, but
when impatient boys stopped courting the girl, they use the term pakipot as an
insult because the courting stage was taking too long it’s hurting their pride.
For me, yes, these tagalog expressions have a relation with patriarchy.
Honestly speaking, I think I’m lucky that I haven’t experience sexism until now but
I’ve seen a lot of people being discriminated in the internet. The first expression,
“babae kase”, from what I’m seeing, men use this term whenever they see
females who do physical activities that are related to “masculine” activities,
slowly. It is like, men say this word as an excuse for a woman who is slacking, but
in the female’s perspective, it is an insult as it seems like they are saying that
females are weak. The second word, “lalaki kase”, I think people often say this to
males in a negative way, like, just because they are males – lalaki, they think
everything they will do, will harm a person, or will become a troublemaker in the
future. But, from what I’m seeing, even though males do something negative,
some people still think it is okay unless it’s against the law. Haligi ng Tahanan is
the father in the family; they are seen as strong and is expected to protect their
own family. For this reason, they do not let their wives work because their pride
won’t let them. For mothers, they are called Ilaw ng Tahanan, before, all they do
for the family is do every household choirs and take care of the children because
they are not allowed to work nor have a proper education. But now, we can see
mothers who have jobs and make a living even at home to help financing the
family. I think the term pakipot is an action done by females in courting stage,
they do this to make sure that the guy’s feelings and intention are genuine, but
when impatient boys stopped courting the girl, they use the term pakipot as an
insult because the courting stage was taking too long it’s hurting their pride.
