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What Is Patriarchy?

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The dominancy of men is often referred to patriarchy. It came from the word ‘patriarch’ which was originally used to describe a specific type of ‘male-dominated family’ – “the large household of the ‘patriarch’ which included women, junior men, children, slaves, and domestic servants all under the rule of this dominant male” (Sultana 2011). In the Philippines before colonization, women enjoyed high status in society (L. Rodriguez 1990). They were given importance, they could even hold high characters in communities like healers, priestesses, and they could even handle leadership roles and fight as warriors. One brief example is the babaylan, a woman who is looked up to because of her wisdom and knowledge. She is the one to be called whenever …show more content…

Chito S. Roño Stills in Ako ang Katarungan (1994) dir. Pepe Marcos
Objectification of women is happening in this kind of films; they are used as object for “pleasure” or bringing them an extraordinary feeling. Stills in Boy Golden, Marla D stripping in front of the lawyer who bought her In the scene above, Marla D. was forced to do something she did not even want, to give this lawyer the pleasure he wanted – have sex with her. It showed how women were treated as objects to men – working as entertainers. Even though the sex really did not happen because she killed the man, Marla D being a sex figure was still evident. This sex figure representation of women in films is often referred to “bomba queen”. A bomba queen is a female character that is distinguished by her appealing charm and body, usually having big breasts and sexy body. The films that star this type of women are called “bomba films”. The rise of these films began after the Philippines’ Golden Age of Cinema. The film industry had dropped because foreign films took over the industry. Also during this time, the big four movie studios (Sampaguita Pictures, LVN Pictures, Premiere Productions, Lebran International) closed down because of the growing labor movement. Independent filmmakers were forced to make a move to the rampant commercialism and artistic decline. This led them to creating a Filipino version of import films such as samurai and kung fu masters, James Bond, and the bomba queen. The bomba queen representations uses women’s body as weapons of female

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