Internet and Filipino Culture
This is what my wife tell me ...
Back in the 80's & 90's (maybe even before) Filipinas with American husbands had to live with the generally accepted public perception that she met her husband in a bar - regardless of what the actual circumstances were.
Now, with so many Filipinas meeting foreign husbands through the internet - which doesn't carry the same social stigma as bars - the negative connotations of an American husband simply don't exist anymore - regardless of what the actual circumstances are.
I didn't meet my wife in a bar or on the internet - but the negative stigma (to her character) of having me tagging along is gone nevertheless. Saved by new technology!
2 Comments:
the stigma "moved" to the internet. check this out: http://filipinolibrariancategories.blogspot.com/2005/09/filipina.html
vonjobi - I read that thread at Filipino LIbrarian as they were being posted earlier.
But isn't the issue here a bit different? First off, the common man (or woman) on the street isn't online. I'm not in a position to say, but my wife's point is that the common man on the street doesn't attach the same stigma to American/Filipina couples as they used to.
As a concession to your point, maybe those that that spend a lot of time on the internet do.
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