If you search "Filipina" in Google Images, you will be led to these pictures:
"Pinay" isn't looking any brighter:
It's so sad that we're still stuck in the Filipina-equals-mail-to-order-bride stereotype. Hello, it's 2010 already. The website Pinay.com shares the same sentiment. It says that the search for "Filipina" yields "mail order bride sites, sex tourism bar girl sites, and too many pornographic sites," which is why it wants to "reshape the Filipina image online." The site's content isn't available yet, but take a look at the Google Ads. Google Ads are generated from the keywords of a site.
Oh well.
FilipinaImages.com is doing much better. It lists words that we associate with being a Filipina, such as a "mother," "homemaker," "shy," "beautiful," "decision maker," and so on. The site celebrates all kinds of Filipinas. It doesn't matter what occupation we have, because all Filipinas "have a right to empower themselves." Take note that "domestic helper" was renamed to "domestic service professional." Parang lesson lang sa English 118: Semantics--when you change words and labels, you can change attitudes.
This blog is gunning for something similar. Except we don't just want to empower the females, but also other types of gender in the Philippines.
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