Pillar is Genderless

In the Philippine context, we often view fathers as pillars of the household, while mothers, on the otherhand,areseenaslights.Butthis notion is absurd; it is a mere social constructrootedintheinfluencethat apatriarchalsocietyinstills.Thetables have turned nowadays, though, becausewomendon’tsettleforwhat theywerepaintedas;theynowactas both pillars and lights to their families

AsperthedatafromthePhilippine StatisticsAuthorityin2020,women’s labor force participation rate was at 345%, a much lower count than men 's,whichwasat548% However, thesameinstitutionrevealedthatthe employmentrateamongwomenwas 903%,abithigherthanthatofmen, whichwas894% Fromthisdata,we canseehowwomenpavetheirwayto provide something on the table and nottheotherwayaround,wherethey wheretheyhavealwaysbeen stigmatizedassomeonewhomustnot beinvolvedinthelaborforce,asyet again, a patriarchal society dictates that men are the provider of the family and women ’ s role are only boundinsidethecornersofahouse

Thisissueisalsointerconnectedwith theprevalentnumberofsolomoms inthePhilippines,fromwhichthe

WorldHealthOrganization(WHO) revealed that the country has about 15 million solo parents, of whom 95%, or more than 14 million, are women From this picture, we can asserthowvitaltheroleofwomenis, especially in providing for the fundamental needs of her child or children

However, a stigma still arises in the abovementioned scenario because single parents, particularly mothers, arepronetoshame.Onewouldsay, “Why did you have a baby if you aren’t ready to raise a child?” or worse, some are being slut-shamed, "Malandikakasi"

Denyitornot,mostofushaveheard ofthosedegradingnotionsalready If not, here’s a real-life scenario taken from an article published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting Inaninterviewwithsingle mothers, one mom shared that they are still facing the stigma of being a single parent Maria, 30, mentioned how the father of his child avoided herwhenshewaspregnant Thesame scenario happened to Sheila, 31, in whichsherecalledthatherboyfriend wasnowheretobefoundwhenshe disclosedherpregnancytohim

It is just saddening to witness that most of the blame when one gets pregnantisdirectedatwomen,andin the worst case, they are being abandoned they

are being abandoned.

Lucky are those who have families thatwillsupportthem,butmostof thetime,mothersarepushedtoraisea child on their own because even insidetheirfamily,stigmaalsooccurs

Editorial

For a normal Filipino parent, parentingisdifficultenough.Imagine havingadditionalresponsibilitiesto Motherswho stridetosupplythe needsoftheir familiesare commendable. Theyarealiving testamenttowhat womencando beyondthenorms.

meetin additionto meetingthe endsof survival;it becomes evenmore arduous. Whichis why mothers whostride tosupply theneedsof theirfamiliesarecommendable They arealivingtestamenttowhatwomen candobeyondthenorms

In this issue, we are not trying to romanticize the struggles mothers face,butwearetryingto acknowled ge them On the issue of single mothers, wehopeto see more progresson laws that will help this sector, aside from therecently implement ed RA 11861, or the Expanded Solo Parents’ WelfareLaw

More than this, we stand firm in debunking the notion that mothers are only for inside-house responsibilities, becausethemerefactthattheystriveto get employed is already a manifestation that being a pillar of the household is genderless

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