Category Archives: Journal Article

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

By Ma. Emma Concepcion D. Liwag

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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…

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Gender Imagery in Philippine Psychology: A Critique of the Literature

By Torres, Amaryllis Tiglao

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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.

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

By Garcia, Leni dlr

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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…

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Four Meanings of Fatherhood

By Tan, Allen L.

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THE RESEARCH literature in psychology is rich with studies on the effect of parenting styles on the child. We know, for example, that parents who emphasize independence and self-reliance produce high achieving children (McClelland, 1961); those who use physical punishment frequently produce aggressive children (Steinmetz, 1979). We now know something about the effects of having…

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