Recent discussions among Filipina bloggers have led me to ponder more on the various stigmas cast on Filipinas.
At Cafe Romanza, I wrote on "The Filipina Bride Overseas - Not Necessarily A Mail Order Bride."
I expanded the subject matter to cover other types of stigma at Maia Jose.com with Stigma and the Filipina.
As I said in that post, "Stigma thrives on the unspoken. Like taboo, it is a child of darkness. It envelops the stigmatized and draws her to cower in hidden corners. To fight stigma, we need to throw light on it. Bright light. Glaring light. We need to expose it and subject it to scrutiny. Dispel the mistaken notions and innuendoes. Strip it down to bare truth."
So let's fight stigma this way: love and light!
Maia Jose, Manila Mom
After 23 years, still thrilled at being married to B and having C1 (daughter, 20), C2 (son, 18) and C3 (daughter, 12) / freelance writer-editor / Filipino romance author with 96 bestselling Filipino romance paperbacks published since 1992
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My aunt Anna is a Filipina.
She married into a black family and she is one of the most militant little women on the planet. She's broken down barriers and smashed all the stereotypes.
She's one of my SHEroes.
I would love to meet her, Anonymous. She's indeed a SHEro!
"As I said in that post, "Stigma thrives on the unspoken. Like taboo, it is a child of darkness. It envelops the stigmatized and draws her to cower in hidden corners. To fight stigma, we need to throw light on it. Bright light. Glaring light. We need to expose it and subject it to scrutiny. Dispel the mistaken notions and innuendoes. Strip it down to bare truth."" - True.
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