YOUNG VOICE
Respect for women
A professor wrote at the blackboard: A woman without her man is nothing. He clapped his hands full of chalk dust, turned to his curious students and said, “Place the appropriate punctuation marks on this sentence.” All of the boys sniggered, thinking that it couldn’t be any easier, they immediately wrote, “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”
The girls took a few moments to issue a counter attack, and with a melodic giggle they wrote, “A woman; without her, man is nothing. The professor let out a grin, praised the efforts and welcomed his students to their lesson on egalitarianism. Yes, though it is already established that women are just as important as men, society cannot hide the remaining sexist beliefs and practices that continue to haunt feminists.
The males, for many centuries, have dominated every nook and corner of society leaving futile roles to women. The females were considered as mere birthmothers and caregivers, thus their opportunity to acquire education, high societal status and the much revered equal respect with men were hindered. It wasn’t after the mid-19th century when the like of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton reversed the male dominated perception and worked towards attaining women suffrage in the United States of America. At their success at 1919, the world saw the woman as more than just a pretty face.
I am grateful that I am living in the 21st century, even if I am female. Dozens of laws for women empowerment continue to protect each them. A multitude of support groups advocate for her rights and privileges. We have a woman president. I have my regular check-ups with a female physician. I guess the only thing women can’t do now is enter priesthood.
The growing popularity of Ms. Katrina Halili’s fight for vindication from a revolting controversy of a sex video scandal with Dr. Hayden Kho reflects her thirst for the intervention of women’s rights. The battle of the male and female specie commences behind the foreground of ethics.
I am indeed sorry for her. But then, I can’t help but look back at her background, her past movie projects, and the very image she portrays to the public before the scandal filled every headline. She basically earns attention and money through seduction. She was known for being sexy, for rising up libido and for displaying women as objects of fantasy. Correct me if I’m wrong, but these would really contradict the definition of a woman that most feminists wanted the world to understand.
I’m not saying that Ms. Halili deserves the situation at hand. What was done to her and other women like her is and will always be barbaric. But sometimes, I couldn’t help but think that people tend to always become too one-sided. The media hype is certainly and clearly in favor of Ms. Halili. Pardon me, but the Katrina who is now wailing for her vindication through the implementation of women’s rights is the same Katrina who showed much flesh and represented women as mere sex figures.
It is like a rape victim freaking out about the respect she ought to have. Yet, there she is wearing clothes that reveal more than the decent eye can handle. There she is in her dark make-up, micro miniskirts and plunging necklines.
Everyone has the right to be respected. But, everyone needs to earn that respect. Women have to be worthy of that respect. I am not an anti-Katrina; I do empathize. But, I wantd to strongly point out especially to the female youth, that you can’t just demand respect and vindication from the critical eyes of society. You need to work for that. If you don’t want any sex video featuring you be hailed as most viewed in you tube, then be responsible enough not to engage in the very act itself. I still believe in marital sexual intercourse.
In the first place, the act between Halili and Kho is consensual. Ms. Katrina Halili agreed to diffuse her chastity for Dr. Hayden Kho, she must have had been ready with the consequences in store.
Women ought to be respected and treated as equal with men. No questions there. But sometimes, not all women deserve the respect. It’s like two children asking for candy. Both of them have the right for the taste of the sweet candy. Yet, one of them has bad tooth carries. Thus, the candy isn’t granted for that child since the child didn’t do as much effort to preserve his teeth like the other one did. He should have brushed his teeth more.
Good luck Katrina. I hope you’ll find whatever you’re looking for.
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