Tag: Traditions

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

‘Typical Filipina Woman’ Representation To all my fellow Filipinos out there, what does ‘dalagang Pilipina’ mean or a ‘Typical Filipina woman’?   “The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings for a suitor and denies it even though she is really in love with the man.”   I had also asked on my social media to provide me with a definition and this is what I got:   Although, as the term derives from tradition and Philippine culture, social media has made an impact yet again, on today’s society. So whilst ‘dalagang Pilipinas’ are…

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Woman ‘Foot Binding’ in Chinese Culture

Woman ‘Foot Binding’ in Chinese Culture

Is Facebook trying to humiliate women with ‘lotus feet’?! Every day I check my social media on my phone or on my laptop. A video came up on my Facebook feed shared by a friend. The video showed Chinese women with ‘lotus feet’. At first, I had no idea why these women had feet like this, which made me curious. From my research, I saw that ‘foot binding was ‘the cruel practice of mutilating the feet of young girls. It was seen as a sign of wealth and marriage eligibility from the 10th to 20th centuries in Chinese society’ (Strochlic…

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