I am angry because you are unjust: A Filipino woman's awakening to feminism

• Main Author: Peracullo, Jeane C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Feminism—Philippines; Women—Philippines—Social conditions; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13602
• Institution: De La Salle University

Anger has to be the most misunderstood of all human emotions. Filipino women in particular were brought up to believe that they should hold anger in check, and that a virtuous woman is one that projects nice-ness, pleasant disposition and meek attitude. Over the years, Filipinos have come to regard...