...You know how we're always ranting about how lousy men are...especially, Pinoy men? Well, brace yourselves-this Pinoy male is striking back.

...The Filipino woman is in a class by herself. Everybody knows it, most of all, us Filipino men. Sadly, some Filipinas don't think as highly of us, opting instead for love in the arms of foreign men. Now that's fine and good. The world is becoming a smaller place and we should start thinking less of racial and national differences, especially when it comes to finding a mate. One thing that does bother me is the spate of Filipino male bashing that now occurs whenever you get a group of women together. Hasty comparisons are made, generalizations and caricatures are tossed up, and voila- a new doctrine on how Filipino men are such losers.
....The argument goes, at least the way I heard it from a woman friend, is that Filipino males are just pampered babies. Too inhibited and insecure, they are afraid of commitment and will cheat on you the soonest chance they get. It is better to partner up with independent-minded expat who will let a girl be her own woman. I suggested that maybe the Filipinos she's dated before were wimps but this had to do more with their own unique personalities than with the color of their passports. Yet, I knew that as long as she was so happy with her current (foreign) boyfriend, I'd have a hard time convincing her. Hard to let it go at that, howevre. So admittedly with a bolo to grind, this Filipino male is going to turn the tables with his own stereotypes of Filipino women. Nobody's really bashed the Filipina before, but for illustrative purposes, we shall take off the kid gloves. In this light, how great is she really?
....EVERYBODY knows that Filipino women are bigger babies than Filipino men. Filipinas act like veritable princesses. I'm thinking in particular of the afraid-of-the-sun, kolehiyala who's been sheltered by her family throughout her life. She is totally dependent on maids...and some even have yayas! She expects you to do all sorts of favors for her-not the least of which is to drive her anywhere, anytime. Never mind if you live halfway across town and she just wants to go a few blocks away from her house. to her, the demarcation line between boyfriend and driver is fine indeed.
....How interesting are Filipinas? Not very. Filipinas can actually be quite dull. They are totally predictable and have no trace of individuality. Tamagochi-feeding, cross-stitching, mirror-gazing, constantly hairbrushing, Danielle Steele-reading- they even go to the bathroom in herds. Their idea of a fun night is to sit at home and watch the sitcom "Friends" on TV- or reruns of "Friends" (which they have previously taped on VHS). They think drinking beer is "bad" and the only cuss-word they know is "shit" which they even mispronounce. They don't ever want to go out... because "It's too hot, eh." Not surprisingly, they don't know what's heppening outside their subdivision, let alone, in the world. Some would not know the difference between Mogadishu and Moo-shoo.
....Filipinas are too status consciuos and materialistic. Have you ever wondered why the big name designer boutiques do so well here in third world Manila? If Shakespeare had been Filipino, that line, "What's in a name?" would have never come to pass. He would look around and see clearly, Filipinas are too preoccupied with "names". And it's not enough that they dress and accessorizethemselves with the right brand names. Their boyfriend has to be Mr. So-and-So (fill in your Top 100 family surnames), an investment banker who has an MBA from one of the top 10 U.S. business schools (according to Business Week rankings, of course). I know one PInay who went to a Top 10 business school who wouldn't even consider a mate who happened to graduate from a lower-ranked business school. "It just wouldn't look right," she said. Everything is appearance, artifice, and affectation.
....Now, that's a load off my chest.
....Having said that, and before my girlfriend (who does not fit into any of the above descriptions) kills me, let me just make it clear taht any kind of bashing is totally ludicrous and often full of fallaciuos reasoning. Sure, there are Filipinas like the ones I have described here. That doesn't mean that all Filipinas are lousy, and it would be wrong to say the same of all Filipino maledom. The bright spot is these people usually find each other. Like attracts like-regardless of race and nationality. Ultimately, we all get the mate we deserve.