There is an active campaign now to reclaim the Filipina image online. As I googled Filipina at 10:06AM, I saw the campaign site ranked third after Wikipedia and to a dating site. The several sites which followed were of online dating and photos of Filipinas in various scantily clad poses, all aimed at the libido. You can see this on the screen shot where the campaign site is the one marked in red. (Please click on the image for a larger view)

Let us push for elevating the Filipina to more relevant categories other than online dating sites to search engines. I personally do not believe the campaign is pointed against those who frequent these online dating sites but for a restructuring of the Filipina image as more than a dating site.

A few of the many challenges that a woman faces today in this country (USA) on top of all the economic and environment crisis are finding the right ’shop’ or store to shop for home and building supplies, what kind of products to buy and what are the standards to set in purchasing those products. Here are a few suggestions from me.

Purchasing home and building supplies could be strenuous for some women and demanding for others specially when unable to prioritize and identify exactly what needs to be bought, from where and why. The world today is facing a danger no man thought would be ever happen- Global warming. How do we help lessen this danger through our purchases and the choices we make in purchasing home and building supplies?
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by Marikenya

The introduction of gender laws in the Philippines has showed substantial progress in terms of protecting women and children from abuses. In other countries in Asia and in some parts of our country however, gender discrimination remains pervasive.

Although the efforts of the government and NGOs and other concerned groups are laudable in promoting gender equality, it seemed off-track or probably lacking attention on particular segment of “women” like youth and the elderly.

While there are a lot of activities and programs on addressing gender parity, most of these efforts are directed towards the very young (children) and adults (those in their mid-20s to middle-age). Although there are, it seemed that promotions of gender empowerment targeted for the youth sector of our communities are insufficient. Take for example the increase of porn websites featuring young Pinays, not to mention those who provide live show for foreigners in their very own home in exchange of dollars. Many teen Filipinas also fall for the empty promises of online dating sites as well as mail-to-order bride programs in the hope of finding rich foreign husbands or lovers.

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The problem is worse, and we need our voices, as well as our dignities, lift to be heard.

If part of your daily routine is to navigate through search engines for your school work or just your way of spending leisure time; then Filipina dating sites is not new to you.

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