Can I interview any of you Filippino people?

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I'm a 22y/o college student and for my Humanities class I have to interview people who are Filippino. I'll post the questions below, so if you're Filippino please answer them! =D Thanks.

I also need your first and last name for the assignment. So just make up a last name if you don't wanna give it out. Thanks again!

1) How long have you been in America? (assuming of course you were born in Philippines)

2) What are your culture's (Filippino) thoughts/beliefs about a couple living together out of wedlock?

3) Please explain the dominate religion in the Philippines. (What most Filippines have adopted for their religion)

4) How do Filippines feel about premarital sex?

5) For the Filippines who are living in America, what's it mean to you to be an American?

6) What's your take, as a Filippine, on abortion?

7) Why does the Filippino culture circumcise their boys when they reach about 9 y/o? Why don't they when they're a baby? Does this happen to EVERY Filippino boy? If not, what is

...what is the exception? Are the boy's family, friends etc present? Explain this ritual.

8) What food is exclusive to the Filippino culture?

9) Please explain gender rols in the Filippino culture. Does the man work, bring home the money, while the women stay home? Do both the man and woman work? Only the women? Who is mostly responsible for upkeep of the money (ie bills, spending, etc)?

10) What is the dominate mode of transportion in the Philippines?

Thanks again!

Answer 1

Answers :
Note: My name and the first answer I'll mail to you to keep it confidential. Thanks.

1. How long have you been in America? (assuming of course you were born in Philippines)

2) What are your culture's (Filipino) thoughts/beliefs about a couple living together out of wedlock?
It is frowned upon by the traditionalists and conservatives especially in the rural areas. Old people gossip and talk about the couple in hushed tones and it is considered a shameful practice. Living together, though, has become in vogue in the younger generation in the major urban areas. This is probably due to more openness and acceptance in the modern families. And, younger people want to save money first to spend on their lavish wedding. Respectable families want their children to have a "church" wedding not just a civil wedding.

3) Please explain the dominant religion in the Philippines. (What most Filipinos have adopted for their religion)
Predominantly Roman Catholic with a smattering of Protestants, Muslims, Buddhists and other religions. Just because people are born into it. Due to our history of being once a colony of Spain, almost everyone is a Roman Catholic even if they didn't exactly understand what that meant. Once children are born, they have no say in the matter. In religion, you become what your parents are.

4) How do Filipinos feel about premarital sex?
It is taboo. Everybody denies doing it. Filipinos are told not to engage in it. It's something people don't want to talk about. But, it goes on everywhere. It's only a minority now that they remain virgins until their wedding night.

5) For the Filipinos who are living in America, what's it mean to you to be an American?
Ambivalent still. I want to be loyal and be patriotic and remain true to who I am. But, at the same time, there are opportunities that you want to have that comes with being an American.

6) What's your take, as a Filipino, on abortion?
I'm pro-choice. I believe it's the woman's right to decide. It is also her life.

7) Why does the Filipino culture circumcise their boys when they reach about 9 y/o? Why don't they when they're a baby? Does this happen to EVERY Filipino boy? If not, what is what is the exception? Are the boy's family, friends etc present? Explain this ritual.
It's not really done specifically when they turn 9. Just around the time they start elementary school from 6 onwards. They traditionally wait for the boy's development and do it when they are around that age. Nowadays, a lot of parents have their boys circumcised after birth or anytime during infancy. A hundred years ago, there were local medicine men who did it for the kids during the summer (gives them time to heal before school starts). The boys line up to get it cut. In my lifetime (and my brothers'), they were circumcised at the hospital by doctors. That was more or less 30 years ago.

It's a rite of manhood. They become little men. I think it's also a traditional religious thing passed down during the Spanish times. There is a stigma for boys who are not circumcised. I remember kids used to tease other boys a lot of being "pisot" which means uncircumcised. It's an embarrassment for them not to be circumcised in this culture.


8) What food is exclusive to the Filipino culture?
Filipino cuisine is so much a fusion of its history. The Philippines was a colony of Spain so a lot of the food is European with influences from other Asian countries due to interaction with them through trade and migrations. They also cooked what was available. So, it was mostly seafood for those who lived near the sea and a lot of root crop for those who lived inland. Being in Asia, rice is a staple.

9) Please explain gender rols in the Filipino culture. Does the man work, bring home the money, while the women stay home? Do both the man and woman work? Only the women? Who is mostly responsible for upkeep of the money (ie bills, spending, etc)?
Filipinos still think that men should bring home the bacon. But, in todays economic situation, both men and women have to work. I was fortunate though that my mother could afford to be a stay at home mom.

10) What is the dominate mode of transportion in the Philippines?
Jeepneys in most cities, tricycles (motorcycle with cabs) in small cities, buses, boats and ferries (since it's an archipelago and we have to travel island to island) and for a few, airplanes servicing the major cities

Answer 2

1) How long have you been in America? (assuming of course you were born in Philippines)

I used to live in America for about 7 years.

2) What are your culture's (Filippino) thoughts/beliefs about a couple living together out of wedlock?

It's quite common now even here in the Philippines. Because there is no divorce here so it could be better to live together then marry.

3) Please explain the dominate religion in the Philippines. (What most Filippines have adopted for their religion)

I believe most Filipinos are Catholics, when the Spaniards came, they forced it unto us.

4) How do Filippines feel about premarital sex?

Filipinos you mean... everyone seems to be doing it but not as safely as Americans do, it's sad. So there are a lot of single moms out there. A lot of people have a child out of wedlock.

5) For the Filippines who are living in America, what's it mean to you to be an American?

To have equal benefits honestly. I can petition my family. I can have a better future if I work hard.

6) What's your take, as a Filippine, on abortion?

It's a sin, I would prefer adoption at least. It's scary too since abortion is illegal here. I can't kill my own baby and worry about my body or my life.

7) Why does the Filippino culture circumcise their boys when they reach about 9 y/o? Why don't they when they're a baby? Does this happen to EVERY Filippino boy? If not, what is

Some parents have their babies circumcised when they are born but some believe it will have to be repeated because when the boy grows up it will go back to the uncircumcised state so some doctors recommend it done at the age of 9. Sometimes it is done during the summer, where a non-doctor does it with a labaha (a sharp instrument)... they make the boy chew this certain type of leaves and they spit it, I'm not sure if on the penis after it's circumcised then the boy gets to wear a skirt for a few days...
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...what is the exception? Are the boy's family, friends etc present? Explain this ritual.

8) What food is exclusive to the Filippino culture?
Adobo, Sinigang, alot of Filipino dishes are.

9) Please explain gender rols in the Filippino culture. Does the man work, bring home the money, while the women stay home? Do both the man and woman work? Only the women? Who is mostly responsible for upkeep of the money (ie bills, spending, etc)?

It used to be that the man worked and the woman stayed at home to take care of the house and the kids but because of the economy, the Philippines is really poor that both parents have to work now yet it's still common that both work but the woman still has to take care of the chores, the kids and even the husband.

It's the decision of the couple whoever holds the budget in the family.

It's so common that the woman nowadays is the breadwinner. And also a lot of married couples opt to separate just for work by working abroad and sending to the wife or husband in the Philippines to help out their family.

10) What is the dominate mode of transportion in the Philippines?

Bus, jeep and tricycle. Also the mrt. All are public transportation. It's too expensive to buy a car here, to keep one, gas is expensive too. Traffic is bad as well that it would be better to sit and wait than to drive and wait in traffic.

Marie Tenorio

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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1. Barely two months only. Enough for me that I've been to LA, Baltimore, Washington DC and New York.
2. It's a no no to me. It's a sin in the eyes of God. However you strive, God will never give you graces.
3. Roman Catholic. ( est. 85%)
4. It is forbidden. Sex can wait until marriage.
5. I only dreamed of seeing America.
6. Human life to me starts at the moment of conception. Abortion is murder and the abortionists must be put to jail with the aborting mother.
7. I think it's wise that my boys be circumscised at the age when they start growing fast.
8. Food? I like "sho-to-kil". Shogba, tula, and kilaw.
9. Working wife is an advantage. All properties should be in the name of the wife for after all, she cooks and cleans the house. All bills will be in the name of the husband.
10. Tricycle for short haul, jeepneys and bus for longer routes.

Are you and Marissa classmates?

Answer 5

1. Seven yrs.
2. Somewhat unacceptable. We, Filipinos, believe in the sanctity of marriage. We don't have sex until we get married. (But by this, I don't mean that all Filipinos are virgin until they get married. It's a matter of choice). Part of it is how you're raised. Being a Catholic, this is what we're taught.
3. Roman Catholic. We were under Spain for centuries and they brought Catholicism to us.
4. Again, being a Filipino Catholic, premarital sex is a sin.
5. To be an American means many things, one of them being able to take care of our families in the Phils. If you don't know yet, we Filipinos are fond of sending 'balikbayan box' to our families back in the Phils. We send this huge box full of American goods and we also send money. Sometimes, we also finance our relatives' education there in the Phils.
6. We're against abortion.
7. It is not our culture. Many babies are circumcized right after birth. Some are not because maybe they were born at home and some, their parents just weren't able to make up their mind and they wait till later to have their babies circumcized. After all, it's not a matter of life and death. The government offers free circumcision sometimes. There is no ritual. They just annouce a date for a free circumcision and you just bring your little boy to your local health center. Why at age 9, I don't know.
8. Adobo is one of them. Most of our food is of Spanish and Chinese influence.
9. During old times, yes, the husband used to be the one who worked and the wife stayed at home. Now, sometimes, both husband and wife work just like here in the US. Usually, the wife manages the finances.
10. Jeepneys

I hope this helps. Good luck! My name is I. Pierce

Answer 6

Here are my answers (Are you going to send me a dollar?):
1) 30 years
2) Unacceptable
3) Roman Catholic
4) Not permissible
5) Fulfillment of the American Dream (house with 2 garage doors)
6) Anti-abortion
7) It is a regional culture. It depends on the availability of the medical services. There is no ritual.
8) Adobo
9) Patriarchal rule. Generally the wife handles the budget. It takes two paychecks to achieve the American Dream.
10) Motorized tricycle, Jeepneys, and FX (SUV) from where I came.
My name is: Junior Aklanon

Answer 7

hi. no offense but it's Filipino (if you are pertaining to the general people or the male species) Filipina (women, of course) and Philippines (the country/nation) good luck in your interview! =)

Answer 8

As an American living in the Philippines, I find your questionaire loaded, and do not appreciate it.

Answer 9

HI, Please remember person is filipino(male) filipina if female and the country is PHILIPPINES.

boys not born in hospital are circumcised when the foreskin of their penis is no longer attach to the penile head. it is for religious and hygiene purposes. can you imagine urine and other white thing underneath the penile skin.....it smells if not being clean. while in circumcized nothing munky smelly thing....

Answer 10

I e-mailed the interview to you. Tell me if it's good.