Comments on: Filipina Maid Scandal from BBC’s Harry & Paul

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By: gerard

gerard — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:41:57 +0000

i really don’t see the issue here.
everytime somethin like this comes up, guess which group of filipinos always cry foul the loudest??
the freakin filipino politicians.
they dwell on these kind of stuff.
in the end what do they do about it??
absolutely nothin…

ang pinoy ay natural na sensitibo.
kaya nga gusto tayo ng mga westerners, europeans etc.
dahil sensitibo tayo at mapagmahal, sa kapwa, sa bagay, sa trabaho etc.
at yang eksaktong pagiging sensitibo natin ang laging ginagamit ng mga tusong politiko at mga tao sa gobyerno (hindi naman lahat) na may mga tinatagong “agenda” upang gawing issue para pagtakpan ang totoong issue-ang kakulangan ng suporta nila sa mga manggagawang pinoy sa ibayong dagat.

instead of dwelling on stuff like these, the government (and whoever else responsible) should focus on creating policies and whatever necessary means to protect their people, both back in the philippines and overseas.
and not play the people like a piano…

by the way, have any of the people complaining in this forum ever watched pinoy sitcoms, telenovelas & the likes back home?
we discriminate and slur ourselves there every single day.
so who’s complaining about that???

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:28:50 +0000

So you mean to say its ok with you for as long as they don’t mention the word “Filipina”? If they say “Visayan” instead of “Filipina” then I don’t think Filipinos will find that offensive. Our local shows here are far more offensive & discriminatory as compared to that one but have we ever done something on that? A big NO! Most of our sitcoms here even poke fun of the Igorots, Visayans & Batanguenos especially their accents and mostly they are the object of ridicule on the show & are regarded of as stupid people.

Now which is far more offensive?

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:16:25 +0000

Frankly speaking, I don’t find it offensive at all as compared to the ones being illustrated by the local shows. Our shows here are far more insulting compared to the ones being shown abroad. Come to think of it of all nationalities being negatively commented to, only the Filipinos are the ones who do such big moves. Look at the Chinese people, did you see them walking down the street & protesting against Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s words? Have you encountered the Japanese people protesting against our media for making fun of their fellow Japanese, Ya Chang? Honestly I find our move like somewhat childish, we are like a child na mahilig mangasar pero kapag siya ang inaasar napakadaling mapikon. Another one is, we don’t like to accept the truth. Kris is right we are too egoistic enough to think that we are the best & so we think any negative publicity will hinder our ego. Sometimes i feel we need to learn how to use our patriotism properly coz with the way i see how some of our kababayans are doing it, it makes me feel somewhat ashamed of being a Filipino.

Lesson learned here, before we do anything against those foreign media we should learn to look first on our own actions. There is the saying that goes like this ” Don’t try to remove the speck of other person’s eye w/o first removing the speck of your own eyes”

By: perla Daly

perla Daly — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:27:00 +0000

from the book “Crones Don’t Whine” by Jean Shinoda Bolen: “Men have accused women of having no sense of humor because we don’t laugh at jokes that men think of as funny. Freud’s analysis of humor as being hostile helps explain why we might not(especially when directed at women). Then there are jokes that little boys tell that is scatalogical or toilet humor, which grown men still find funny. Little girls and grown women don’t get why.

Difficulties between the sexes has made some women describe the challenge as being an “interspecies communication” problem. This seems to apply especially to humor. However, humor as an outlet for hostility or superiority has an appeal for both sexes. Dumb blonde jokes, mother-in-law jokes, put-down humor in general, including male-bashing jokes, are all outlets for hostility. This kind of humor does not leave people with a sense of well-being, and the quality of laughter is different. Compared to hilarity or healing laughter, there is an absence of affection.”

So that explains very well, that the BBC show has the “kind of humor that does not leave people with a sense of well-being” and that is some sort of outlet or articulation of hostility or superiority.

whaddya think?

By: mytcz

mytcz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:43:27 +0000

I’m a very proud Filipina but I think being too sensitive about these kinda racial slur wont get us anywhere. We are only inciting more negative attention and opinions about us. If we have shows about them being porn addicts, perverts and pedophiles, I’m sure they wont mind either

By: Zigfred

Zigfred — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:34:25 +0000

If they wanted to make that kind of scene, they shouldn’t mention in particular “Filipina maids.” Why didn’t they just use maids ? They really seem to intentionally degrade the filipina maid.

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By: roy

roy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:39:00 +0000

But British people insist that this is their brand of humour–to show “sarcasm”. They said they were making fun of the man who was abusing his powers, the one giving orders. That’s ok. We don’t have to like what they like. We find it objectionable. They don’t? Bahala sila.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:13:47 +0000

Noemi,

I don’t see the humor in this either.

What I did find humor in was the Filipino Based Blog where I first read about this had Filipina Dating sites blatantly displayed. And in the adwords of course there’s a whole list of places to “shop” for filipinas.

It’s no surprise they didn’t approve my subtle suggestion to remove that if they’re going to champion the cause of Filipina stereotyping.

Hope you’re doing well,

Don

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