00:00So, since we're bringing up women in this type of work,
00:05what do you think is the benefit that you're doing to the viewers?
00:08The importance of your work.
00:11We're helping in raising money, right?
00:19It's like I don't believe it.
00:20I didn't grow up.
00:21Just kidding.
00:22Just kidding.
00:23What happened to Kubo?
00:25What's this?
00:26Too much?
00:27This is too much?
00:30I didn't grow up.
00:31You didn't grow up.
00:33So, what are you helping in the society?
00:35Well, for me, maybe the sexual awareness.
00:39And the openness of people to sex.
00:45For me, honestly, I stopped with the VIVAMAX thing.
00:49I'm done with my contract, so I no longer resonate with the whole VIVAMAX thing.
00:55For me, I wanna move on, explore new genres.
00:58And it's your right to do so.
01:00Yes, I have the choice.
01:02I don't wanna stay in a place where it doesn't align with me anymore.
01:09Spiritually, energetically, all of that.
01:12There's this thing called the male gaze theory.
01:16I know it's just a theory, but I felt it more when I entered this industry.
01:25It's hard to be a woman.
01:27It's so hard to be a woman.
01:29Yeah, if you don't fall under the two categories of virgin, vixen, or vamp.
01:33Actually, it's three.
01:35What's the other one?
01:36Vixen.
01:37And then vamp.
01:38Okay.
01:39Virgin.
01:40Let's talk about this.
01:42The roles of women in the media.
01:45I like this because I'm also learning how to deal with women.
01:48Right?
01:49There are only three boxes that we're talking about.
01:51Virgin.
01:53I'm sure.
01:54I'm sure.
01:55I'm sorry.
01:56Yeah, I know.
01:59Like me.
02:00Like me.
02:02Virgin.
02:03And then the vixen.
02:12And the vamp.
02:14Sexy.
02:16Fertility.
02:17Fertility epitome.
02:18There are always three.
02:19But there's no image of a strong woman.
02:21Protagonist.
02:22Vida.
02:23Doing brusque things.
02:24None.
02:25There are men.
02:26Why are we rare?
02:27The female heroines.
02:29There are always those three.
02:30So, I admire what you said, Yenna.
02:33You want to become something else.
02:35Yes.
02:36Because the universe is calling you to become something else.
02:39Which leads me to this.
02:40What is it?
02:41This is a hot topic right now because of the CSE that our government is proposing.
02:46If you don't know what the CSE is, it's the Comprehensive Sexuality Education that's in the Senate Bill 1979.
02:54That's great, Madam Chair!
02:56Let's applaud that.
02:58It's really like that.
02:59You know, other quadcoms are also talking to us.
03:02Of course.
03:03That's why we know this.
03:04So, SB 1979 includes sexuality education.
03:08Because Yen said, they're not aware.
03:11They don't know.
03:12They don't have this.
03:13So, we're the ones who educate.
03:14This is a formal education on sexuality.
03:18And we'll talk about that.
03:19Most specifically, virginity.
03:22Booboy!
03:23I have a question.
03:24I know you won't be offended.
03:25Are you still a virgin?
03:26Huh?
03:27That's three already.
03:28That's three already.
03:29Continue.
03:30I mean, I already have kids.
03:31I'm still a virgin.
03:32It's just that the audience doesn't know.
03:34What is this, Madam Mary?
03:36Papa Mary.
03:37Papa Mary.
03:38Yes.
03:39Not anymore.
03:40All of us at this table, let's not get confused.
03:42Wait.
03:43Let's not get confused.
03:46Oh, gosh.
03:47For me, let's talk about us.
03:49About our age and what happened.
03:52I was a mother when I was young.
03:53I became a mother when I was 21.
03:55But I was a late bloomer, Rob.
03:58I found out everything about Birds and the Beast when I was 19.
04:02Imagine.
04:03So, my cousins were talking about this.
04:05My friends.
04:06And I didn't talk about it.
04:09I avoided it because I have a strict father.
04:12And my father told me not to talk about it.
04:14It's not allowed in this house.
04:16It's a bit old-fashioned.
04:18It's a bit traditional.
04:19But my father is also a smart person.
04:22So, what he does is, he reads.
04:24Instead of teaching, he reads.
04:27If you have a question, come to me.
04:29How will you ask your father?
04:30I grew up almost without a mom.
04:32My mom is an OFW.
04:33So, I don't have a woman to ask at home.
04:36It's just my father.
04:37So, it's all books.
04:38It's all books.
04:39It's too thin for me.
04:41It's too thin for a teenager like me.
04:43Into wisdom.
04:45So, I know what I'm going to do.
04:46So, when I was 19,
04:48this is fun.
04:50She's our mom.
04:52When I was 20, she's my mom.
04:54When I was 21, she's my daughter.
04:56It's so fun.
04:57So, what I'm pointing at is,
05:00because I was a late bloomer
05:02and my education was too thin
05:04when it comes to that aspect,
05:06my source of information is my friends
05:09who are either old or experienced.
05:11And they're not sure
05:13about their information
05:14because it's not verified.
05:16It's just what a child thinks.
05:18That's the first thing.
05:19The second is media, television.
05:22And sometimes, unfiltered.
05:23No one explains what's going on.
05:25So, I feel sorry,
05:27especially in this time
05:28when the media is open
05:30and there are no filters
05:32or stops to absorb children.
05:35We don't have an agency
05:37or a regulating body
05:39that thinks for the children
05:41to help them understand.
05:43Because that's what happened to me.
05:45I could have been more.
05:46I could have been an academic person also.
05:49I wanted to teach.
05:50I wanted to become a doctor.
05:51But sadly, becoming a young mom
05:53is very difficult.
05:55As in, a lot of dreams were derailed.
05:58A lot of plans didn't go through.
06:00But you know what?
06:01At the end of the day,
06:02you're still going to stand.
06:04So, it's really up to the character of the person,
06:06whether they're young or not.
06:07But, it would have helped
06:09if there was sex education.
06:11You, Booboy,
06:13how old are you?
06:15The truth is...
06:17You look like a liar.
06:19It's like, yes.
06:21How old were you when you first got curious
06:23and you found a way?
06:24Of course, I started when I was young.
06:27My peers,
06:29there were no teen stars back then.
06:32My co-workers,
06:34they were more like uncles and aunts.
06:36You were young and your peers were mature.
06:38My peers were mature.
06:39So, what they talked about,
06:41even if it wasn't on purpose,
06:43I could really hear it.
06:44Maybe, I'm like a good observant.
06:46I'm always observing.
06:48So, here's the thing.
06:49I'll change the question.
06:50It's a little different.
06:51Go, Madam Chair.
06:52Do you have a premium
06:54on your virginity
06:56or talking about sex all the time
06:58or putting so much importance
07:00on being pure and whole
07:02as a female in our society?
07:05Go, Rob.
07:06As far as I can see,
07:08in this generation,
07:10it's not anymore.
07:12It's not anymore.
07:14It's also because of
07:16the young people
07:18who got pregnant early.
07:20But of course,
07:22for me, I'll like it more
07:24if I have my own child.
07:26Even me, of course, I'll like it
07:28if I have my own child.
07:30It's like what we used to do
07:32where you have to get married
07:34before having something
07:36for the two of them.
07:38I'm telling you,
07:40they're the conservative ones.
07:42They're the ones who will be embarrassed.
07:44Go, Yen. What about you?
07:46For me, yes and no.
07:48It depends on the person.
07:50POV, religion, upbringing,
07:52their beliefs and morals.
07:54Virginity is a social construct.
07:56It's just made up by society.
07:58It's not actually a real thing.
08:00But then, it's a social construct
08:02made to control women.
08:04Like I said, it's a patriarchal society.
08:06Elaborate on the concept
08:08of virginity to control women.
08:10Many are listening.
08:12Why did it become a form of control?
08:14I guess because men
08:16want to be pure.
08:18But there's a double standard
08:20for women, right?
08:22Yes. Why is it not an issue for men
08:24if you're not a virgin?
08:26I feel like it's because of
08:28men's fragile egos.
08:30Honestly?
08:32Why are you looking at me?
08:36I like fragile masculinity
08:38in general.
08:40Maybe they're having a hard time.
08:42There's something going on.
08:44They have a choice
08:46to be a virgin.
08:48Because they see women as objects.
08:50Virginity is something
08:52they feel that they're taking.
08:54But they don't actually take anything.
08:56Virginity is
08:58a woman's vagina.
09:00It's just a thin lining.
09:02It can go back to normal.
09:04When it's open,
09:06it can go back to normal.
09:08You're not actually taking anything.
09:10For me, it's important that we take
09:12the whole virginity out.
09:14Because that idea
09:16is a
09:18religion-driven concept.
09:20It's the image
09:22of Mother Mary, the pure virgin
09:24who gave birth without
09:26having had sex.
09:28We're in the Philippines.
09:30It's a Catholic
09:32religious country.
09:34We're all conservative.
09:36But times are changing and we have to evolve with the times.
09:38We have to be open-minded
09:40in sex education.
09:42Me, I had sex education
09:44in high school.
09:46We called it health also.
09:48Methods on birth control,
09:50IUDs, injectables,
09:52calendar method,
09:54pull out, things like that.
09:56Sex should be
09:58spoken as is, not as something
10:00to be ashamed about.
10:02Sometimes,
10:04women are objectified.
10:06We're treated like a piece of property.
10:08If we're tainted
10:10or we're damaged in any sort of way,
10:12we're less valuable
10:14or we're deemed as damaged
10:16goods even in some societies.
10:18But in truth,
10:20Ian and Rob are right
10:22that these things
10:24depend on where you are.
10:26If this is not
10:28aligned with your personality,
10:30you're in the wrong country or you're in the wrong
10:32society.
10:34In Southeast Asia, we're the only Catholic
10:36country and yet we have the highest
10:38teen pregnancy rate
10:40in the entire Southeast Asia.
10:42For 2022, that's 4.5%
10:44increase from the last year.
10:46According to the PSA,
10:48aside from teen pregnancy,
10:50AIDS cases are also increasing.
10:52And in the age
10:54bracket of 15 to 25.
10:56Imagine,
10:58the number of AIDS cases are increasing.
11:00Although it's not a death sentence anymore,
11:02it goes to show that there are many
11:04gaps or shortcomings in responding
11:06to this aspect.
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