(11-18-2017, 09:04 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Filipinos are very tolerant people. Homosexuality and transgenderism nearly dominate their TV programming. Women occupy an equal role in their social structure. As a matter of fact, there are no gender pronouns in the Tagalog language. Others are simply referred to as 'siya' (that person). There is no specific term for husband or wife. They are referred to as 'asawa' (spouse). Indicators of gender during conversation are either inferred or referenced with gender specific words and their derivatives, (babae=girl, lalake=boy). Filipinos of which ever mixed race are embraced as fellow Filipinos.

With that being said, I showed this article to my Filipino wife and she rolled her eyes.