Essay on Media to Filipino Youth by Alyssa M
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The short text titled "Media to Filipino Youth," written by Alyssa M provides exciting insights into how media affects Filipino teens in their daily lives. There's no other background or even online sources available. The article has limited information.
The text features the problems facing the use of media, in this context, social media. The article claims that school performance and health are affected because many teenagers spend nights using social media, resulting in a lack of sleep. The author also mentions that the youth becomes more anti-social due to more time spent on the phone and less time for other things such as physical activity and family bonding. However, the author also believes that good media literacy for teenagers will lessen the adverse effects mentioned.
Social media is a type of internet medium where people create, engage, like, share, and comment on content that their fellow social media users generate. This medium also facilitates the transmittance of information between people all over the internet. Filipinos are fond of social media. According to ABS-CBN News, as of February 2021, it is estimated that an average of 4 hours is spent by Filipinos each day on social media platforms.
The use of social media has an impact on teenagers' lives. As more people get interconnected, the easier it is to contact family members and friends with ease. Social media is beneficial to our society and a tool for teenagers to connect with other people. The text-only focuses on the adverse effects of social media but skims over the practical uses. Teachers during the pandemic can contact students through social media platforms like Facebook to instruct students on their school works and get updates on progress. Teens can also use social media for good.
I agree that social media can cause irrational addiction. Teens can scroll mindlessly to millions of content and memes for entertainment, wasting time that otherwise can be spent on productive activities. Some students are too distracted by what's on their newsfeed and forget to do their school works. Social media can worsen depression and anxiety because people compare themselves to what they see on their newsfeeds.
Some claims in the texts are somewhat exaggerated. However, the article has valid points that social media can cause harm if unregulated and media illiteracy. Education is vital as this new era of information has paved the way for the new world of interconnectivity. The regulation and literacy of these policies can be reaping the good aspects of social media while reducing the adverse effects. These actions require data from policymakers, law enforcement, psychologists, IT professionals, and many other professions. Let's make social media safe for everybody.
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I don't know where to ask for help, but I hope this will reach your heart.
Recently, my bag was stolen containing all my money and my phone. My phone is an old one; it was Samsung GT-SD530 from my father. It was his old phone. I don't know what to do in this situation. This is hard. That was the only phone I've got. The worst is that I lost all my personal belongings inside the bag, like my special notebook that contains all my writings and drafts since 2018. On top of that, I lost PHP3000 and extra cash. That was the only money that I've got. It was all the 1 and 1/2 years of earnings in my RC account. I'm supposed to buy a brand new phone with my small RC earnings, but I lost it all. This is a terrible thing to happen to someone. All of my hard work is gone. It's a heartbreaking and soul-crushing moment that just happened. I want to cry in despair that my eyes would drool and drown in tears. I am sad that I lost it all.
I hope somebody will help me, even just 1 dollar, to ease my suffering. I agree that this may be too much to ask,, but all the pain is too much to hold in my circumstances. It's depressing. Just a little penny will do. Help me, please :( I hope somebody will help me.
Feminism is Getting Toxic
Feminism in the present day isn't about women's empowerment, it is about women that want to be treated like men and be equal to men. This is quite frightening as "empowered women" don't want the consequences of being treated like men. The thing is, Men and Women are different. We are not created equal. Men and women have their own advantages and disadvantages. However, feminism is always pushing that women should be equal to men. Feminists want male privileges and indulge those privileges, but ignore the responsibilities that come with these privileges. It's just wrong.
Some women even wear revealing clothes. But when a man stares at them, that man is accused as a pervert. I mean, you wore that kind of revealing clothes, then you get angry for someone who looks at your "expression of equality". What you do, is your responsibility. It would be crazy if you leave your jewelry outside and then blame the robbers for stealing the jewelry you left outside. I get it, stealing is wrong, but you should do your own part and keep the jewelry safe.
Men being masculine is oftentimes regarded as "toxic" by feminists. Men have a natural tendency to lead and to grow by themselves. It is quite interesting to look upon the media, tv, and popular culture that men are feminized. Yes, you read that right, MEN ARE FEMINIZED. These feminists consider masculinity as non-toxic when it doesn't get in their way. I'm getting annoyed by posts in social media that start with "A real man should be ..." And then what? Women don't have a right to tell a man what a real man should be, because they aren't men. Women don't know the struggles of every man that comes with their privileges (which women want).
False Rape Accusations are equivalent to Rape. I get it, women should have a voice when they're raped by a man. However, women can weaponized their privileges for False Rape Accusations. It can really destroy a man's life, his work, his family, and his future. And the worst of all, if the man is innocent, no one would believe him, unless he has extraordinary evidence to prove that the rape didn't happen. Rape is wrong, and so does the False Rape Accusations. This shows that women have this privilege, and men can't do anything about it.
Men are not intimidated by truly empowered feminine women. As a man, I do not admire a masculine woman because I'm masculine too. It doesn't add up. We are annoyed by women who want to be masculine but don't take the responsibility of being masculine.
This is not to say that being feminine is a weak and delicate position. I mean, men would fight for women and even cause wars from one another just because of a woman. Women have this feminine power, they can control men in certain ways. But when a woman has this masculine energy, we repel, because men know that this woman is not for them as it is incompatible. So if you're a woman and you find yourself in a masculine position and you want to attract men, maybe you should be feminine. The same is also for men, be masculine and women would naturally come to you.
I believe that we should empower women in a positive way and embrace their femininity and society should embrace men on their masculinity. Feminism should empower women for the good of both women and men. Feminism should not hate men for being men, you can hate a man for being a douchebag. Men should be taking responsibility for their masculinity, the same is also for women to take responsibility for their femininity. That's the real equality. I really hope that Filipinos will not be Westernized, as the situation in the Western Countries is much worst.
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Girls growing a penis on puberty! Yup, you read that right.
Imagine, you're a 12-year-old girl. You're worried that you didn't have any budding of breasts and menstruation. And all of a sudden, you have just grown a dick. This isn't some kind of futanari hentai abomination *(who invented the idea of futanari?)* but rather a mysterious type of condition primarily affecting girls at a younger age on puberty.
That's what these 'girls' in the Dominican Republic are experiencing in this rare type of intersexuality. The effects are including, growing a penis and testicles shows up out of nowhere. Imagine growing balls and dick? I'm a man, who has balls and dick; sometimes they're kinda disturbing, especially when they wiggle around like a loose snake.
The local term for this type of sexual condition is called **"Guevedoces,"** which roughly means "penis at twelve."
Click here for the image source https://unbelievable-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Guevedoces-Stages.jpg
As you can see in the photo, it looks like a real vagina right? But don't be fooled. It shows stages of what appears to be a vagina with the clitoris, vaginal canal, urinary tract, and other external parts.
**Why does this happen?**
Dr. Julianne Imperato-McGinley, from Cornell Medical College in New York, heard about the rumors of the reports that there are girls that are turning into boys. They grow themselves a penis and a pair of testicles while simultaneously lose their vagina and other women similar genital structures on their bodies. She was one of the first to study the intersex condition in the 1970s drawn by the curiosity of these unusual reports. When she found out that the rumors are true, she now extensively study the condition to help better understand what is causing it and also how it affects the children and the communities with it.
****Pseudohermaphroditism****
In the case of the Guevedoces, it is a type of Pseudohermaphroditism. That means, what we know is a female is actually a male on the genetic level. Genes, of being a male or female don't change throughout their lifetime. They are just males with the opposite external sexual organs.
*A pseudohermaphrodite* is a person whose gonads are consistent with the chromosomal sex but who has external genitalia of the opposite sex. Male pseudohermaphrodites have normal testes but incomplete masculinization of the wolffian duct system and external genitalia.
Richard E. Jones PhD, Kristin H. Lopez PhD, in Human Reproductive Biology (Fourth Edition), 2014 https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123821843/human-reproductive-biology
****Embryonic Development****
Why do girls turn to boys as Guevedoces? Not boys retracting their penises to become a vagina? Well, this is because of embryonic development which plays a large role in the development of the human and is the main culprit in this rare intersex condition.
Technically, all embryos are neither male nor female, even if you have an XX or XY chromosome. This is because it is NOT activated yet. Our sexual organs resemble a vagina but it's not yet developed before these chromosomes kick in.
During the first few weeks of the fetus development, a baby is neither male nor female. But after eight weeks, the sex hormones come into play and if the baby carries XY chromosomes, the gonads become testicles and testosterone is released into a structure known as tubercle. The testosterone is then transformed into dihydro-testosterone, which in turn transforms the tubercle into a penis. And, if the baby carries XX chromosomes, then no dihydro-testosterone is created and so the tubercle becomes a clitoris. However, in the case of guevedoces, though the children posses Y-chromosome and have male internal organs, they appear female externally at birth and are raised as girls.
SOURCE HERE https://unbelievable-facts.com/2016/12/guevedoces.html
**What is the main culprit? Why does a penis doesn't develop?**
Imperato-McGinley investigated these conditions and found out that enzyme deficiency of 5-alpha-reductase, the job of this enzyme is to convert testosterone to dihydro-testosterone which in turn stimulates the cells to further develop into a male sexual organ.
IMAGE SOURCE: Illustration of the specific role of testosterone and DHT in male sexual differentiation in utero. Adapted from Imperato-McGinley, Guerrero L, Gautier T, and Peterson RE (1974) Steroid 5a-reductase deficiency in man: An inherited form of male pseudohermaphroditism. Science 186: 1213–1216. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/llustration-of-the-specific-role-of-testosterone-and-DHT-in-male-sexual-differentiation_fig4_273762505
**Status in Society**
Unlike in other countries, in the Dominican Republic, Guevedoces are considered a third gender and it is normal for them to have a place in Las Salinas, where the ratio of Guevedoces to males is 1 Guevedoce per 9 males, which is strikingly high. In their adulthood, the majority of them will self-identify as males while some prefer to stay as females.
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I'm 17 yr old and I earned PHP25k in 3 months
This is my story on how I earned in my writing business. My business starts at a certain problem: how can I monetize my Facebook page, where I make memes for my audience? This Facebook Page is called The Philippine Read, where I show off my talent of creating satire news for my audience to entertain.
However, I am quite busy because of the modules that I'm answering, and I need more time. An idea struck me at that point. What if I could use my free time to earn by writing to other people for them to have free time? In other words, I will write their school works, writing works, and other related activities in exchange for some cash. A new idea is born!!!
At first, it has no name though because I didn't think it was important. I started at the rate of PHP20 per 50 words. It was so fulfilling that many people reached out to me and I helped them ease their school works and official works in exchange for my time and a little bit of cash in my pocket. I realized the potential behind the concept of lending out my time until one customer wants his work to be submitted in less than 12 hours. I was shocked because I cannot do these kinds of things. But hey, an opportunity struck me. What if I could sell my time, and the more I will spend my time on the project the more cost of the project it is? So, here it is, the QuickWRITE is born.
What is QuickWRITE?
I named it QuickWRITE because it is a combination of Quick, which means fast delivery, and the word write, which means to generate a coherent string of words. My selling point is not just the writing itself but for the time it was generated. For example, 1 week delivery time costs a lot much less compared to a 12 hour delivery time because of our program QuickWRITE, FAST WRITE where we can write as fast as 1000 words per hour. Sometimes it involves trial and error and the best texts are combined in order to achieve a coherent essay the quickest but on the highest quality possible.
Of course, I have some bigger clients in this business. There was one time I was contracted to write a total of 5500 words in different essays which has a cost of PHP6000, which is very huge for me. Another client has accumulated the cost of around PHP2500 and another repeating client has an accumulated cost of PHP3000. My business is booming and most of the clients have an average of PHP300 per transaction, that's almost an earning of PHP100-500 per week. It is a great business, a great opportunity, and a great situation. Because of that, I was able to accumulate over PHP20 000 pesos for the months of January, February, and March and an additional PHP4000 in April, May, June, and July.
Have you noticed something off? How did I earn PHP20 000 in three months, but only PHP4000 in 4 months?
Every business has its fall and downturns. There are many challenges in handling a business and keeping it profitable. However, a combination of these problems leads to the possible demise of my very own writing business which I will tackle in the next article. Here you will learn why my business failed after 3 months.
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White love: Bakit mas mahal pa natin ang mga puti kaysa kayumanggi?
White Love as described is often deemed unfair by many people. Foreigners think that Filipinos are cheerful, happy, kind and hospitable. But contrary to their beliefs, most Filipinos tend to act differently where foreigners from other cultures, especially when their skin are colored white, are present. I heard a joke that Filipinos are so hospitable to foreigners that basically they let themselves be conquered without knowing and when they knew it was too late. The danger lies on the fact that Filipinos tend to help foreigners than their fellow Filipinos.
When these so called “white love” are intense as they see these foreigners as prince charming, the knight and shining armor that rises them from poverty like a poor girl marrying a prince. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it gets wrong when a Filipino only married an white colored person for money. It is a non-genuine feeling of love as I also feel bad for the foreigner. We can’t deny the fact that some Filipinos are gold diggers, and some foreigners just want to have sex or take advantage on marrying a Filipino whether it would be assets or buying a property in the Philippines.
Foreigners also can take advantage of Filipino hospitality and even can take services or products for free that otherwise when fellow Filipinos avail often denied privileges to these services. An issue of racial inequality driven by our culture, the fact that we are enslaved for hundreds of years, we are instinctively react to become servants on these foreigners. Giving what we can give and expecting return, but most of the time we get little or nothing. In a positive side, white love is a good thing. But we must not forget that we must help our own fellow Filipinos too as much as we help foreigners.
I am the knight
Hello, I said to myself. I am the knight that will make you feel honored and proud. I said to myself that I am very very interesting kind and fresh. I am also naughty, to the maximum terms. Some may even call me a pervert but nah, I just don't care because this is who am I.
When I think about something, it has a little dirty innuendos that would make a conservative uncomfortable. As far as I'm concerned, it is very great to activate their innermost desire to be something liberated from the society. Some people do realize that it is kind of off, immature and animal like behavior. But I think this is the reality of humans, that we want our inner desires to be fulfilled like an empty sponge sucking up water.
I am very very proud of myself as I achieved great heights of fully loaded success, or so I thought. There's still more way to conquer, more challenges to overcome. There's no such thing as easy things, because when you think about it, if everything is easy, we are all happy. Right? But the reality is, we aren't happy. We always want more.
What is more? More is like a pump, sucking and pumping up. There's no such thing as wavering the corners of the aisles of the seas as the sea has no corners. I am writing a fictional depiction of the reality that isn't even real. I am quite uncertain and panicked as tomorrow is the last day of our modular deadlines and I'm here writing my morning story. I'm panicking, have an anxiety of what's to come as there are too many modules that are waiting to be answered. I am a knight, who has the magical powers to put things into reality at will, but the reality is also controlling me with no will. I am so confused about it. I realized that there is no way that we can figure it all out why the knight is fighting a snail on medieval art.
When we imagine the seas that our ancestors conquered, it is very vast for them, and also difficult. It is even difficult for us today, with a hundred times more advanced than them. Using primitive, but efficient techniques on travelling the seas.
I am looking upon the ancestors that fought for me, born to be me. I wonder what they are thinking about the future. If anyone is reading this, I am a teen from the Philippines, seventeen years old as of writing. I love to write as I can express myself, whether I will read this piece or be forgotten. But, the moment of writing is so valuable that it expresses my thoughts, feelings and emotions. I am a knight, a knight of the inexpressible words explaining with limited human mind. Ad Astra.
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