The weaker sex
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by kyrie
On one bloody Sunday I unexpectedly happened to observed one of the extreme of Japanese culture; chauvinism. I overheard somebody requesting for somebody to move a car parked in front of a Jaguar XJ Series. After the sleazy car was evacuated out of the Jag’s way a couple marches towards their shiny Jag. But wait, it’s the lady who is holding the key and then seats at the driver’s side. Well, nothing is unusual until after the Jag is about to move and the man opened not the front passenger door but the rear door, thus, completely making his wife look like his chauffeur. I called it odd since I cannot find any reason why he cannot drive or sit beside his wife.
After the utter disbelief of what I had witnessed I began to have flash backs of encounters that showed me the oddity of this chauvinist culture. I concluded that women in my country, the Philippines, should always have something to cheer about; most of the time they were treated like a queen. Well, except to some unlucky few, chivalry is still alive and widely practiced though on different level. You will often see men open doors, offer seats, carries her things and all sorts of gentlemanly conducts. Albeit all of these I can still hear incessant complaints about their treatment in the society. I guess she’s one of the unlucky few or she just can’t get enough. And by the way, I believe we are the only country who has two woman presidents.
“Women are the most wonderful creature, until she opens her mouth more than her brain can process”
