Gender Issues in Philippine Society /
Gastardo-Conaco, MA. Cecilia
Gender Issues in Philippine Society / MA. Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco - Quezon City : College of Social Science and Philosophy ; 1995 - vii, 167 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference and appendix.
The gender discourse,to a large extent, may beconsidered a discourse on equity. In examining differencesbetween men and women, their physiology, psychology,sexuality, socialization, we note that the genders have manysimilarities as well as differences. However, fortunately orunfortunately, many societies have underscored and enhancedthe differences through differential socialization leading to roledifferentiation and stereotypic perceptions of what men andwomen can and ought to be. This has resulted in unequalpower and the hegemony of one gender over the other inmany spheres of society.
The advent of the women's movement has led to anintensification of the gender discourse with the debate focusingmainly on inequitable power distribution between the gendersand the exploitation of women.There has been a strong callfor the reexamination and reconceptualization of traditionalgender roles. This special issue of the PSSR looks at the genderissue in Philippine society.
The first two articles look at women's involvement inareas traditionally dominated by men. The lead article, a paperon women and national consciousness by Ma.Luisa Camagay,attempts to correct the gender imbalance in the depiction ofPhilippine history by pointing out how women have activelyand effectively contributed to the struggle for the country'sliberation and how this involvement has affected women's own
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struggle for liberation in society. The second paper byDomingo, Conaco,Yordan and Baltazar presents contemporarydata on women actively involved in the political process. Thepaper examines how gender has affected these women's entryas well as performance in politics and probes into the possibleimpact these women councilors have on their fellow women.The article provides an optimistic note regarding women'spotentials in spheres other than those dictated by tradition.
The next set of articles examines more closely theexploitation of women and the inequity issue in the genderdiscourse. The first article is the paper by Gealogo on gender-based participation in work and employment over the years.Using historical demographic data, heanalyzes the evolution ofwork and gender relations in the Philippines from 1903 to1948and shows how women have continually faced discriminationin the work place and how, over the years, women havereceived lower wages for more menial type jobs.
In thenext article, using a sample of Filipinas married toforeigners and Filipina contract workers, Cabigon probes intothe difficulties experienced by Filipino wives living in foreignlands. She identifies three major problem categories underwhich the complaints of the women may be classified:thedouble standard of society, the burden on women as wives andmothers for maintaining the integrity of the family and the generalinsensitivity of society to women's rights. The paper is also a callfor addressing these issues inimical to women's interests.
Sexual harassment and rape, two of the more media-salient issues today, are discussed in the succeeding articles.Ina more theoretically-oriented paper, Samonte attempts to comeup with the parameters in the definition of sexual harassmentand shows how the definition may vary with gender of theperceiver, cultural norms and the focus of the description(whether victim, harasser or elements of the situation). Sheunderscores the "need to increase the level of awareness ofboth males and females.”
0031-7802
Sociology
Social Surveys -- Philippines
302.599 / G28 1995
Gender Issues in Philippine Society / MA. Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco - Quezon City : College of Social Science and Philosophy ; 1995 - vii, 167 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference and appendix.
The gender discourse,to a large extent, may beconsidered a discourse on equity. In examining differencesbetween men and women, their physiology, psychology,sexuality, socialization, we note that the genders have manysimilarities as well as differences. However, fortunately orunfortunately, many societies have underscored and enhancedthe differences through differential socialization leading to roledifferentiation and stereotypic perceptions of what men andwomen can and ought to be. This has resulted in unequalpower and the hegemony of one gender over the other inmany spheres of society.
The advent of the women's movement has led to anintensification of the gender discourse with the debate focusingmainly on inequitable power distribution between the gendersand the exploitation of women.There has been a strong callfor the reexamination and reconceptualization of traditionalgender roles. This special issue of the PSSR looks at the genderissue in Philippine society.
The first two articles look at women's involvement inareas traditionally dominated by men. The lead article, a paperon women and national consciousness by Ma.Luisa Camagay,attempts to correct the gender imbalance in the depiction ofPhilippine history by pointing out how women have activelyand effectively contributed to the struggle for the country'sliberation and how this involvement has affected women's own
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struggle for liberation in society. The second paper byDomingo, Conaco,Yordan and Baltazar presents contemporarydata on women actively involved in the political process. Thepaper examines how gender has affected these women's entryas well as performance in politics and probes into the possibleimpact these women councilors have on their fellow women.The article provides an optimistic note regarding women'spotentials in spheres other than those dictated by tradition.
The next set of articles examines more closely theexploitation of women and the inequity issue in the genderdiscourse. The first article is the paper by Gealogo on gender-based participation in work and employment over the years.Using historical demographic data, heanalyzes the evolution ofwork and gender relations in the Philippines from 1903 to1948and shows how women have continually faced discriminationin the work place and how, over the years, women havereceived lower wages for more menial type jobs.
In thenext article, using a sample of Filipinas married toforeigners and Filipina contract workers, Cabigon probes intothe difficulties experienced by Filipino wives living in foreignlands. She identifies three major problem categories underwhich the complaints of the women may be classified:thedouble standard of society, the burden on women as wives andmothers for maintaining the integrity of the family and the generalinsensitivity of society to women's rights. The paper is also a callfor addressing these issues inimical to women's interests.
Sexual harassment and rape, two of the more media-salient issues today, are discussed in the succeeding articles.Ina more theoretically-oriented paper, Samonte attempts to comeup with the parameters in the definition of sexual harassmentand shows how the definition may vary with gender of theperceiver, cultural norms and the focus of the description(whether victim, harasser or elements of the situation). Sheunderscores the "need to increase the level of awareness ofboth males and females.”
0031-7802
Sociology
Social Surveys -- Philippines
302.599 / G28 1995