It is a country that breeds mysteries and contradictions. This is a country where two female presidents have been elected so far where some of the most beautiful women in the world may be found where boys growing up are spoiled by their mothers, and girls carry on a sort of lifelong situation comedy with their fathers, marked by a clash of wills and affectionate verbal takedowns. We have one of the world's youngest populations, one of the most alarming rising HIV/AIDS epidemics, and one of the fastest growing birth rates, yet still insist - through media depictions and everyday judgmental chitchat - on pushing a virginal, untouched national image. We live in a place where premarital sex, prostitution, cohabitation, homosexuality, sex tourism, and contraception are widely condemned but frequently practiced. ![]() What is shown, what is said, what is true: When it comes to women, specifically the women of the Philippines, these notions do not slide seamlessly into place.
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