http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/01/06/lust-in-translation/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/01/06/lust-in-translation/#comment-33169 iMale Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:35:31 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/01/06/lust-in-translation/#comment-33169 Double standard rules high and mighty in the macho-culture of the Philippines where males are brought up brain-washed from birth onward that its natural for men to fool around, in fact that its a desirable trait admired by peers and almost expected of a boy who is trapped in a man's body, whether single or married, young or old, lest one be branded as being a member of "takusa" (takot sa asawa) or "under-the-saya" and the like, or worse as being "bading"; the more female conquest, the better, a sure measure of pagka macho; filipino males endlessly flirt with women, married or single, decent or not, on the streets or off it, with eyes or pick-up lines, in the office, on the net, in chat rooms, via text, phone or face-to-face, in public transport, at the bar, with the waitress, secretary or receptionist, well just about anywhere and everywhere given the chance so long as the object is naka-palda (or short shorts or low-waist pants or bikini), just to add that one essential notch up on his belt as a measure of success and stature, and will have no qualms telling all the sordid details of his conquest to his barkada, with no aversion whatsoever of being branded as being ungentlemanly or "kiss-and-tell," much like a report card on how he's faring in the sexual curriculum, the crowning glory of which ends with a soliloquy at the end of his life, before entering the gates of heaven (or the fires of hell) that goes something like.. o ano Manoy, masaya ka ba? to which the brainless head's response is.. oo bosing, bow ako sayo, ang dami nating nadale, halos mapudpod ako, pwede na tayong mamahinga. Amen! Double standard rules high and mighty in the macho-culture of the Philippines where males are brought up brain-washed from birth onward that its natural for men to fool around, in fact that its a desirable trait admired by peers and almost expected of a boy who is trapped in a man’s body, whether single or married, young or old, lest one be branded as being a member of “takusa” (takot sa asawa) or “under-the-saya” and the like, or worse as being “bading”; the more female conquest, the better, a sure measure of pagka macho; filipino males endlessly flirt with women, married or single, decent or not, on the streets or off it, with eyes or pick-up lines, in the office, on the net, in chat rooms, via text, phone or face-to-face, in public transport, at the bar, with the waitress, secretary or receptionist, well just about anywhere and everywhere given the chance so long as the object is naka-palda (or short shorts or low-waist pants or bikini), just to add that one essential notch up on his belt as a measure of success and stature, and will have no qualms telling all the sordid details of his conquest to his barkada, with no aversion whatsoever of being branded as being ungentlemanly or “kiss-and-tell,” much like a report card on how he’s faring in the sexual curriculum, the crowning glory of which ends with a soliloquy at the end of his life, before entering the gates of heaven (or the fires of hell) that goes something like.. o ano Manoy, masaya ka ba? to which the brainless head’s response is.. oo bosing, bow ako sayo, ang dami nating nadale, halos mapudpod ako, pwede na tayong mamahinga. Amen!

]]> http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/01/06/lust-in-translation/#comment-33155 Purple Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:38:32 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/01/06/lust-in-translation/#comment-33155 Sorry no story but my male friends' (or scumbags) motto was "Deny and deny till you die" - even if they were caught face to face -- JUST DENY IT. Sorry no story but my male friends’ (or scumbags) motto was “Deny and deny till you die” - even if they were caught face to face — JUST DENY IT.

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