Comments by "Angry Kittens" (@AngryKittens) on "Asian Boss"
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There are three types of beauty among Filipinos: Mestiza, Morena, and Chinita. You can actually hear them discussing it in the video.
Mestiza: Fair-skinned Spanish (or half-White) looks
Morena: Dark-skinned native islander (or South Asian/half-Black) looks
Chinita: (previously also called "Mestiza de Sangley"): Fair-skinned East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) looks
Admittedly, they're not equally preferred. Mestiza is still by and large, the preferred look, due to the influence of Hollywood media. While Morena and Chinita are about even, but aren't that far down either. There are also stereotypes about them. Chinitas are seen as more submissive and delicate, Morenas are seen as more passionate and cheerful, while Mestizas are seen as more confident and sophisticated.
Also, the same standards are applied to men: Mestizo, Moreno, and Chinito, except there are slight differences in preferences. For example, Chinitos are seen as more intellectual or richer, while Morenos are seen as more masculine and stronger. Mestizos are more or less in between those stereotypes.
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So much racism and misconceptions in the comments, I doubt many of them even watched the video. A lot of it borne from their own cultural lenses that view women as just wives.
First off, the Philippines is THE most gender equal country in Asia. Higher than developed Asian countries like South Korea or Japan, higher even than first world western countries like the US. We have the highest number of women in senior management positions, top 10 in terms of the highest number of female CEOs, and we've had two female presidents. The simple fact that women here are treated far more equally is the exact reason why they can choose to marry a foreigner with no social repercussions.
Filipinas marry foreigners because they CAN. Whereas in your countries, doing so would be viewed with derision or shame. It's a reflection of your own cultural biases that you laugh at us.
1. Filipina women genuinely find most foreigners attractive. The same reason that someone might find a Filipina beautiful, is the same reason Filipinas might find foreign men attractive. The same is true for Filipino men and foreign women, as well as for Filipino LGBT people and foreign LGBT people. Our beauty standards tend to go for the different, rather than the similar. We universally find mixed people beautiful, it's why a large number of our celebrities are mixed, far more than most other countries. See 11:16
2. Financial security. It's funny how people find this weird, when the vast majority of people also marry for this reason. The Philippines is a developing country. If a man can provide a better life, he'll always have an advantage over someone who can't. Practicality. It's PART of the reason, but not THE reason. See 10:14
3. The trade-off is the cultural differences. As I've already mentioned, Filipina women are used to being equal. We are family-oriented which a lot of foreigners mistake as being submissive. We're not. And a huge fear into entering mixed marriages is that they might end up being mistreated. See 7:17 and 8:05
There are exceptions of course. And they're obvious. Mostly when the age and attractiveness gap is wide. But that happens in any country.
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YangSunWoo I'm guessing you're unaware that owning a certain amount of drugs is an automatic death penalty in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and North Korea. No excuses, no bargaining. If you're caught with a certain amount of drugs, you're put to death. Doesn't matter if you're a dealer or an addict.
So tell me, why weren't you screaming about morality and ethics decades ago?
The Philippines is actually the exception, since it does not have a death penalty law. Despite what you hear in sensationalized news in international sources, drug addicts ARE put into rehab in the Philippines when caught, not executed. In the early parts of Duterte's presidency, 1.3 million addicts voluntarily put themselves up for rehab. Those 1.3 million are still alive. There is no standing order to kill drug addicts, although there is an unspoken resolve to shoot dealers if they fight back. And no one is really complaining about that.
The vast majority of deaths in the drug war you hear about are extrajudicial killings, not cop killings. Assassinations by unknown suspects. Which means you can't exactly blame the government for them. Most of these deaths are of drug addicts and small-time dealers, which make it very likely that these were done by the drug organizations to silence potential witnesses, NOT by cops. Because it simply makes no sense why cops would kill potential informants, like what the international journalists and opposition leaders are claiming.
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Isn't it widespread AND traditional throughout Asia and South America? It's partly to care for parents, partly to reduce unnecessary spending in anticipation of getting married. In the Philippines, everyone I know lived with their parents when they were single (if they worked nearby). Because living on your own doubles the cost of living. Triple, even, since you also have to send a portion of your income to help your elderly parents for groceries and stuff.
They only moved out once they got married (usually late 20s to early 30s). And in most cases, they still lived very close to their parents (usually the women's parents). In more than a few cases, they just build another house within the family land, basically turning it into a compound.
Though most kids do have a period of independence during college. Because they usually went and lived in a city temporarily for school. But almost everyone comes back to the family house. Unless they got married early, or they got a job soon after graduating in the cities.
Still, a lot of them end up moving back to their hometowns when they reach their 40s or 50s, for the simple reason that their parents are becoming too old to live on their own. And it allows them to spend time with their grandkids, and vice versa, before it's too late. Most also want their kids to grow up in the same environment that they did. Since cities are not exactly ideal for raising kids.
I personally prefer the living with the parents arrangement. It allows you to spend far more time with them as they grow older. I shudder to think of the nursing home culture in the west. Seeing your kids like twice a year, if you're lucky, and then you die.
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