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EXCEPT FOR THE revelation and explanation of the aggrieved party herself (the most awaited side to the controversy), the expression of thoughts and feelings by not a few multimedia stars while opinion of Gen Zs and diversified netizens flood the public floor of immediate, rich, varied, and contemplative comments over Quezon City Fourth District Congressman Jesus “Bong” Suntay lewd remarks on actress Anne Curtis, the other sectors’ side to the story is left unsaid.
“May desire sa loob ko na nag-init talaga, nakitako ang puwedeng mangayri pero hanggangimagination ko lang ‘yon. Hindi naman siguro akopuwedeng kasuhan dahil sa na-imagine ko…(There was inside me that heated up, I saw something could possibly happen but it was only in my imagination. I couldn’t be charged with anything just because of what I imagined),” pronounced Representative Suntayduring a congressional hearing on the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte on charges of sedition, insurrection and political destabilization.
Surely, there are other representations in our society of the voiceless, nameless and the faceless on the issue that are left unseen and unsaid as well.
Even if Suntay has apologized and acknowledged that he has not seen the actress in Shangri-La mall, he is more than the issue although he typifies the main protagonist in this tableau.
‘The future of the nation depends on the kind of women who would serve the national, regional or local leaderships … Men, too, from all walks of life, can help address this issue for liberation of static minds.’
ANNE CURTIS AS MAIN PROTAGONIST
Curtis, on the other hand, also a main character in the narrative, has just vented out her two-cent worth of thoughts, through an official statement about Bong’s sexual aggression on her.
Although, strongly worded, Anne’s stand is summarized to “respect for women” but she contextualizes it in a larger scenario merged in a culture of violence, in any form, against women.
Filipino women, especially, but not limited only, tothe lower and the lowest classes hopefully take thematter seriously, suggestively a top priority because the situation reflects their stations, subjugated and oppressed.
FEMININE MYSTIQUE
Naturally, the reactionary feminine mystique is stirred like a hornet’s nest.
Hopefully, Filipino women are challenged by this eventuality.
Not only are the Gabrielas or World March of Women Pilipinases and other female groups but all girls and women in the Philippines regardless of their social stations, rich or poor.
This is more than feminism.
This is more than Filipinism, or if you may, Filipinaism.
This concerns nationalism.
This goes beyond Anne Curtis and Bong Suntay, come to think of it.
SARA DUTERTE
It is simply because Bong expounded on his point and predilection before a congressional inquiry that tackled the case of another woman, Sara Duterte.
Sara herself, if she is truly for the welfare of her kindred, hopefully defends Anne (even defies rotten political partisanship that ruins the nation) because the Vice President symbolizes womanhood in many and diversified ways and functions of a woman of any origins in her country to better their lives as citizens, free from misogyny, emancipated from all oppressive hegemonies in all aspects of life.
This is an ideal pursuit but gradually practicing and embodying them can also slowly change lives for the better–enlightenment about multiple roles of sex in daily lives.
The future of the nation depends on the kind of women who would serve the national, regional or local leaderships.
We are not espousing any ideological stance on gender equality, but if warranted why not,epistemological or philosophical or any theoretical framework discussion which can crystallize truth and other essentials of life which people can learn from.
We are just in pursuit of a fair and just society.
Now that Suntay faces a legal battle, all sexes are invited to be vigilant of court honesty and integrity.
MARGINALIZED WOMEN
Women from the marginalized (not the organized ones) sectors, like peasants, informal settlers, factory workers etc., hopefully, study also, if not fully support this issue.
It is high time that showbiz stories should level up its treatment with other narratives in the journalism or multimedia fields because entertainment tidbits, intrigues, scoops, verified or investigative rumors are also of national import precisely because they arewithin the realm of socio-politico-cultural realities that shape the nation.
Men, too, from all walks of life, can help address this issue for liberation of static minds.