How We Raise Our Daughters and Sons: Child-rearing and Gender Socialization in the Philippines

By Ma. Emma Concepcion D. Liwag

Journal Article, RepositoryBy Genderturnadmin January 11, 2002

The literature on Filipino child-rearing practices as they relate to gender socialization was surveyed in order to describe childrearing attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and practices from early childhood to late adolescence which demonstrate explicit and implicit differential socialization for sons and daughters. Findings from more than a hundred empirical and conceptual papers on Filipino child-rearing indicated…

Gender Imagery in Philippine Psychology: A Critique of the Literature

By Torres, Amaryllis Tiglao

Journal Article, RepositoryBy Genderturnadmin January 1, 2002

The present study attempts to describe the gender roles, behaviors and concepts attributed to Filipino men and women by psychologists. It also seeks to determine the nature of the theoretical framework used in interpreting sex-related behavior, within the context of gender-fair perspectives.

Why Are There No Women-Heroes? Philosophy, Myths, and Women

By Garcia, Leni dlr

Journal Article, RepositoryBy Genderturnadmin January 1, 2002

In “Why are there no women-heroes? Philosophy, Myths, and Women,” the author searches for female counterparts of the epic heroes found in representative myths from different cultures. Not finding any, she searches for the reason behind this lack of women-heroes in myths. The search brings her to the conclusion that heroes, because of the cycle…

Body Politics Essays on Cultural Representations of Women’s Bodies

By de Guzman, Odine

Book, RepositoryBy Genderturnadmin January 1, 2002

Filipinas “living in a time of war” / Neferti Xina M. Tadiar Staging/upstaging globalization / Maria Josephine Barrios Philippine literary nationalism and the engendering of the revolutionary body / Caroline S. Hau Love, desire, sexuality / Sylvia Estrada-Claudio Improving maternal health care services in the Philippines / Florence L. Macagba Tadiar Adolescent reproductive and sexual…

In The Name Of The Mother: 100 Years of Philippine Feminist Poetry

By Santiago, Lilia Quindoza.

Book, Featured Work, RepositoryBy Genderturnadmin January 1, 2002

Discussion of feminist poetry in this book begins in the year 1889. This was the year when the women of Malolos won in their struggle to establish an academy for the education of women. It was also in 1889 that the poems of Iloco feminist poet Leona Florentino were published and became known to the…

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