'They're pregnant at 11 years old': the women smashing Catholic taboos in the Philippines
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- Such is the stigma around sex education and family planning in the Philippines that 65% of women there still do not use contraceptives.
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Five years ago the Philippine Congress passed a reproductive health law guaranteeing universal access to family planning, but misinformation is still rife. We follow three campaigners working in communities to challenge the myths, and help girls and women plan their families and take control of their future
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#PregnantAt11 #FamilyPlanning #Contraception #Philippines #Pregnant
11 year olds are NOT women!!!!!!! They are CHILDREN!!!!!!!!
Cynthia Salcido 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
True they are young
@@arika4542 Ikr :(
Right not even a teen
T Mac I think a kid not a baby a baby is about months to 3 years old
It's frustrating that the blame are always on women not using contraceptive, when equally, it's men's responsibility too.
Correct
True
True
Amen
I so agree!
Those little girls didn't impregnate themselves, where are the fathers in all of this?
I am sorry but they are unworthy of the name "Father"
Impregnating other underage girls probably
@@dead2675 but they are biologically "father"
@@dead2675 probably got chased Away by the real fathers
@@mandystop1077 their "biological father" already ran away soon after get their mother pregnant. Then they, the daughters, fall into the same hole like their mother did. And circle goes round and round.
Interview the boys who made em pregnant 🙃
They were probably men.
@@yy.189 nooo pls :(
@@yy.189 no :(
You can't that would be racist. Only white men can be blamed. Lol
@@syifanabilah5559 it's true 30 yo men will get these girls pregnant sometimes and the lowest age I heard was 13 yo girl and and 28 yo man. Age of consent is ridiculously low
"65% of women don't use contraceptives"
I think it should be 65% of men and women don't use contraceptive. Takes Two to make a kid.
Right. I don't understand why they don't use condoms. What about HIV etc.? That's totally irresponsible!
ekim andersom Yet they commit pre marital sex that's a no-no to church. Rather, government and parents are most responsible for letting these problems spread.
Elodie Coquillat It's statistic. You change the subject of your study, you change the numbers.
Elodie Coquillat they always blame the women for some reason
But who's left with the baby who is ultimately responsible for the child the woman is. They know full well they can get pregnant and what a condom is of course a man is going to try to not put one on because he has nothing to lose if he knows the girl is clean but on the other hand the girl knows that boys leave women wants they get pregnant and will be stuck with the baby
Children are not supposed to have children.
They are not really "children" but adults. Historically, adulthood started at about age 13.
Yosef MacGruber 🤦🏻♀️ you may be physically an adult because of your physical appearance as you grow, but you most probably would not be mentally an adult at age 13. they’re just not mature yet. heck, even some of my friends at 18 aren’t mature yet. puberty STARTS at 13, but they’ve not fully grown yet. it may be the law or tradition to have sex and to marry at an early age, but in my opinion it’s just not right. sure, they could learn to take responsibility and learn to cope with adulthood but why so early?
Yosef MacGruber people find it wrong that thirteen year olds are getting married and having kids because thirteen year olds don't have their rational part of their brain developed until the age of 25. 25! Thirteen year olds can't make decisions for themselves. Also, you begin puberty at thirteen, puberty usually ends around the age of 18. So not even your body is developed at thirteen.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 Actually it is not natural around that age. It's a huge cause of death for girls who around 15 - 16. So yeah, saying 13 is ok is just pedophilia and you should speak with the cops.
This.....brokes my heart....
"If we want a better situation for women, we need to fight for it."
I'm a straight Filipino boy irl, but I really wanna fight with you guys! Filipina women deserve much better lives and, even if I'm a young boy, I wanna join your fight!
Rickie McNicolls lmao what kind of question is that
Rickie McNicolls ...
@Rickie McNicolls It ain't funny.
Fili thank you for your insights for us filipino girls and women
Agree they deserve better
*Women? WOMEN?! They are not women! They are children! That should play with baby dolls! Not look after a real one!*
They shouldn't be playing with dolls, they should be learning in school
@@hassanhaider2380 11 year olds are just kids and kids need to play. They should go to school, learn, have friends, play games.
@@hassanhaider2380 No, they should be playing if they want to but they certainly also need education.
why
@@DorkieBebie They didn't deny that, they did however disagree with the person that said 11 year olds should not be playing at all.
Also, women shouldn't be the only one to be blamed. Men, too, are responsible.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Tama kc nasa lalaki dn un kung d marunong magcontrol
Great comment👍
True that but men also don't have to care if they don't want to.
The biggest question is where's the dad's?
Daula East not in this documentary. Just as lacking in education about sex.
Dad already ran away as many men doing in the Philippines , majority of them are unable to undertake the responsibilities to build the family , i met many Filipinas women they told me the same
No, the biggest question is: Why are women choosing to reproduce with irresponsible men?! The reason there are so many absent fathers is because women are choosing to bang irresponsible dead beats; instead of stable responsible men that treat them well.
Most filipino men they hit and run. When they decided to be a bit serious, they'll stay together and raise 3 kids.. but without marriage. Commitment is very hard to achieve there and filipino men always, always, cheat.
@@harveypolanski755 Do you seriously think that young girls know whether or not is their partner responsible? In fact any man can run away from his responsibilities, just like my friend's boyfriend did after finding out she was pregnant. Or like my other friend's father when she was seven.
I keep hearing "contraceptives".."abortion"..who the heck is impregnating all these young girls.
Disgusting pedophiles probably
Realistic Man disgusting older mens...
It is not all young girls did you not hear that women with 11 children?
Their male classmates
Mostly their boyfriend in class or friends
You should replace the term "women" by "children". Those little girls are not women, part of the problem is that they are sexualized way too early
Did you watch the video? Did you not pay attention to the social workers being interviewed?
So from all this video that all you understood
They sexualize themselves if they fornicate at that young age and are unmarried and then do not want to take care of their babies. Like the boys as well. They should be decent and marry those girls and take care of their offspring. If they knew they would have to take responsibility for their actions, they would maybe think twice of what they are doing.
im from the philippines and my brother got some random girl pregnant and cried to me about it. CRIED LIKE A BITCH. he didn't use a condom because he said he couldn't feel anything well LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
heartsy bogus what a bitch you're bro is,
as they say a moment of pleasure results to a lifetime responsibility.
heartsy bogus your brother is a fuckboy
I never had that problem in Colombia
heartsy bogus bobo ba sya?
If you criminalize abortion it doesn't stop abortion, it stops a safe abortion
hwykiddd Ummm I'm for abortion but that's kind of a dumb reason. If people think that killing unborn children is immoral then they don't care whether it's safe or not...To them that's like saying, "If you criminalize murder it doesn't stop murder, it stops a safe murder". Bad argument.
why would you compare abortion from murder? abortion is when the person is not ready and/or is not healthy enough to deliver a baby, if not, it may be due to lack of resources and money. abortion is thinking about the baby's life, murder is to just end a life.
Lou Han Me? No. I'm pro-choice. That's why I said "To them". It's a bad argument because it's not going to change anyone's mind who already is set in their views. Read carefully next time...
Lou Han Yet again, a bad argument on you. Hypothetically, if a child is already born and the parents can't take care of it, should they be allowed to kill them? You're still ending a life, aren't you? You simply can't come up with these intellectually lazy talking points to delusion yourself on a high ground and actually expect to convince anyone otherwise. Virtue signaling at its finest.
obviously, that wouldn't be abortion. when the baby is not born yet, the only option would be abortion, but when s/he is, then there are other options such as adoption or health care. killing them would be then murder, again, dont give the "bad argument" card on me. ad hominen. abortion should be legal. why would you deliver a baby who would be obviously sick growing up? it's situational
Side effects of contraceptives
Not getting pregnant mostly.
Wrong. Lots of problems, contraceptives are harsh. There are compelling arguments for more natural methods, but the "no method" method of planning for the natural family growth, really is the most natural and the most elegant and the most pro-family and most pro-life.
Bc has extremely bad side affects sometimes and condoms often break
@@yosefmacgruber1920 well I get what you mean, but they're kids and they're gonna have sex anyways, so why not make it safe?
@@acorn9134
They are adults at age 13. Why not make it safe you ask? But birth control is unnatural and bizarre and awkward, and not God's standard of morality nor "safe". They have a choice. Either get married younger, or decide to be children a while longer and not rush too fast into all the benefits of adulthood. And since marriage is the joining of two families, it is not just what the young adults want, but also what their parents judge to be best for them. Make it safe by allowing them to get married younger, if they need or are ready to.
But I think the choice is a little clearer when we admit honestly that they are adults already.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 when I was on birth control I didn't feel like that at all, it actually improved me a lot and helped me with my menstrual issues. I don't really know what you're talking about.
So many wrong things with the title. Like many said, 11 year olds are children, they are not women. Also "smashing taboos" makes it sound like they get pregnant because they want to, even though they have clearly said they didn't.
Hey are you already dead?? Because you look like an Angel. My Ex girlfriend how is life going baby. I know you still love me right??
they are afraid of side effects of birth control...but not side effects of having 11 kids and no job ???...hmmm...
There are things we can do to produce more jobs. What is wrong with having 11 children? Many people still believe that children are wondrous blessings from God. Even when there is that many children.
Yosef MacGruber its a culture thing, in the philippines people have no social security or savings,generally, so they have many many children in hopes that one will grow up and support them in their old age, its a quantity not quality thing. for example if you have 7 kids and drop 4 off at grandmas to raise when they are 1 1/2 years old and 2 off at your ex partners house who got you pregnant and leave one with great grandma to raise, then ignore them til they are 14 or 15 then retrieve them to come "home" in hopes they will do your housework or bring income to you somehow. you have no idea what if anything they have been taught and the only relationship you really have with them is the strong peer/shame/pressure culture of philippines & family that even connects you to the woman who gave birth to you.
sometimes no matter how hard you beat them they will never care for you as a real mother or bring you income. so you kick them out so you dont have to feed them and hope one of the other children will conform and start bringing in money...and if you get one or two out of the seven to feel guilty or shamed enough into taking care of their negligent mother you are a winner in your social security/retirement plan !
what a wondrous blessing from god!
maybe where you are from things are different and your culture has a different mindset or mentality. maybe childhood is a happy time in your country,no matter how many children you have.
+gregoyallen caldwell
Whatever happened to society being more supportive of people having big families? I guess the rampant contraceptive pushing of evil NWO criminal elitists confused people, and diminished the perceived respectability and expectation of having naturally big families, actually reducing rather increasing people's options.
I hardly think that parents should have a large number of children, just so as to have old age security. There are lots of good reasons to have many children, other than just that. One huge reason that a lot of people allow for their families to grow big, is to be free of the burden of having to use birth control. It is a lot simpler to leave their fertility unrestrained, babies will happen if or as they happen.
I would suspect that if people discard their children for some other relative to raise them, those children will become attached to those relatives, and will probably not want to return "home" to do chores or to care for their elderly parents.
I read an excellent comment on a Filipino pro-life forum, advocating increased teenage pregnancies. The guy's point was that more people should marry younger, and that more young people should enjoy producing babies during the "raging hormones of youth". Sure, why not, as what he was saying, fulfills the responsibility part of people growing their families. Now I know from talking to those pro-lifers, that they were quite okay with having big families, and with populating The Philippines denser and denser with people. But it does make some sense. If parents do not like to control their fertility, then why should they expect for their many children to control their fertility? As a pro-lifer, I very much agree with allowing and encouraging the human population to grow naturally in a seeming "unchecked" manner. Sure, why couldn't my own children start having babies of their own, at a young age, well provided that they are committed to good marriages, that we can find them some reasonable jobs or economic security, hopefully have a more pro-life culture more supportive of people having their traditionally very big families. Too many people make excuses that young people are having sex anyway, so put them onto those nasty and unreliable contraceptives. No, No, No! That is irresponsible. Sex is for producing babies. If young people are ready to be adults and to be parents, then let them build the proper family nest, and let them enjoy sex in the proper procreative way.
Of course it does not keep the population growth under control, but then as a person of faith and a pro-lifer, I never did believe in controlling the population growth. That is for God to determine for us.
The ideal is to have a lot of hungry mouths to feed, but also to have the means to do so. To improve the economy and options, so that it is actually easier to care for and to support and feed the "over-sized" families of the world.
Yosef MacGruber i agree you should care for and to support and feed the "over-sized" families of the world.???.......... send all your money to the philippines to do that, and all your kids money and grandkids money and great grandkids money, just dedicate your generations of your families offsprings to work 80 hours a week to support philippino families , send all your money there.
i agree with your plan! DO IT!
better yet,,go spend a year there..not at resorts or tourist places, go live in smoky mountain or one of the provinces or just live near the us embassy for a year..then come mouth off about your "have a big huge family to free the world of evil regardless of the fact you yourself sleep in ragged dirty clothes hungry every night plan."
Sex education is really important!
Lovely Jane Matuguina , sex education should be tought at home before little girls have their period
Why teen years old kid has an apportunity to have sex ?
Do you think that will help??
@@deeshoshanah7161 do you really think that's the answer?? 😒
@@deeshoshanah7161 aaawsaaa!!zWaeaaa!
I see we're getting back to the Dark Ages, identifying preteens as fully grown women just because they do some little chores and befriend some adolescent boys.
Historically, adulthood starts at about age 13. Some people might choose to be adults at a younger age, get married, start growing their family while young. Some others maybe want to be children for a while longer. Any younger is probably too young.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 doesn't puberty only start at 13 though? and I don't see 13 year olds as adults.. their mindset isn't like that yet and their brain is still developing. 😅
@@rupali4587
Then why are people allowed to get married that young? Just because many people are not ready to be adults at "young adult" age, does not make that to be the case for everybody.
So what you are saying, is because we are now "modern" and have YT, that "young adults" are no longer adults? How do you figure? Seems mostly irrelevant as far as I can tell. Why really would the age of adulthood have magically changed?
They shouldn't have sex if they are not married. Let's get back to the point. Modernity should not be "anything goes" just because it may be trendy these wicked days. Morality still needs to remain to be moral.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 begins at 13 and finish at...
Identifying preteen girls as fully grown women is sexist. Because same never applied to boys!!!
I'm going to throw up, because of those 14 yo boys who were laughing with a smirks on their faces. And it's not even their fault, they don't know any better. 🤢😷
Judita J. Well it is their fault for getting someone preggo
@@mo_7199 its the fault of an uneducated child... mmkay. Makes sense🙄
this happened to my momma at 13 she still went to school
@@stranger_m5274
Are you from Philippines? When your mom was pregnant at 13, was that being with you?
@@JuditaHoffman. wym? and no we are not from the philippines
If Women can’t back out on their pregnancy, men shouldn’t too 🙄
If a man gets to back out of his responsibility for a pregnancy, it is because the woman allowed him to do so. Either because she hooked up with a guy not knowing how to track him down and hold him accountable, or because she made a gentleman's agreement with him not to press charges.
@@carultch Yes but if he agreed to not use a condom too, he shouldn't back out last minute. I'm not a fememnjst or anything but you do have a point.
carultch
But some women don’t have the power to do that. It’s because they simply don’t know, the man already ran away, or even possibly threatened her and her child.
carultch did you actually just blame the woman for the man’s actions? Are you kidding?
Melanie Gittins
He’s just a human dude and people who don’t like peace and just want to be right is what leads this world to destruction
10 yo have realtionship
11 yo pregnant
12 yo have 1 child
13 yo back to school
Wow..... what did i do at that age?
Watch naruto movie with bunch of lays..... and chocolate
I ate sand when I was young.
Funtertainment How does it taste?
@@funtertainment2128 i ate tissue at 10 y.o
CHOCOLATE?
Lol m 23 and still single 😆😆😆
they're worried about side effects??? how about the side effect of getting pregnant at a early age and aborting it??
Elisa Flores not even safe(er) abortion either
I'm a filipina , and I live in the province I was actually shocked to know how many girls get pregnant at that certain age., they are literally children, parents are the one responsible for that behavior.
Lack of guidance ng parents
This is very truee
I feel like sharing my story back when I was 5 years old. My parents are so busy at work so, I'm always at my grandma and grandfather's house. I have uncle their and he was 4 years older than me. We always together that's why I've never been lonely. One day, he asked to go at his room. I follow him and he locked the door. He also asked me to take off my shorts and lay down at his bed. I did what he says. That time, I dont have any idea of what he was doing. He even asked If it feels good and do I want more. I can't answer because I'm so confused on what does he doing to me. Thanks God my Auntie knock the door and she asked us what were doing. He stopped on what he was doing and we dressed up.
Now, I just realized that what he just did. I feel pity to myself and angry to not doing anything.
You were young and didnt know better. That does not make you lesser... children dont inherently know things about sex or what is sexual. None of that was your fault.
It happened to me as well and I was only 6 years
@@syrayousuf7434 doing fine and trying to forget what happen to the past.
@@lynlyn2138 im so sorry you went through that but may i ask if you told anyone close to you?
@@lynlyn2138 I really hope the best for you. That sounds absolutely terrible to look back at now that you have knowledge on what was going on. I don't know anything on these kinds of things, but I hope you feel better.
I'm not Filipino but I grew up in Manila and attended an international school. In middle or high school, for a health class assignment, I had to attempt to buy a birth control pill in a pharmacy. I went to the mall with my mom and asked for a birth control in a drug store. The drug store lady did not ask any questions about me and just asked how many pills I wanted to buy. But this was in the capital, in a nice mall full of more or less middle class people, and maybe she realized that my mom was there. Unfortunately having access to contraceptives and related information still depends on how privileged you are.
That is so immoral. Surely they know that huge numbers of people have objections to birth control. So they should not be pushing nasty and harsh contraceptives onto people.
@@bats9218 you did not read her message either; it was school assignment, not real pregnancy
Hlo lara what is your real name
when did this happen?
Sad.
I appreciate these women who try and teach girls sexual education and contraception but why not teach the boys the same? Both sexes should be educated....
I'm now 27 Still watching cartoons while this 14 have already child
Lol
That's the problem, the lack of sexual education here in the philippines
@@thiccthalassa9000 I blame the church for making it seem so taboo
@@trivkypeak-eye3557 sex before marriage is also a taboo in Egypt , but you don't see kids running around carrying a child ,things are so messy in ph
@@hendsayed5629 yeah that's true
Gosh I feel sorry for that 12 year old who had to give birth
Yosef MacGruber you’re disgusting
Yosef MacGruber People were not designed to be monogamous, we are meant to reproduce and spread our genes. Religion came up with monogamy. (Although I like monogamy, it’s just biologically that’s not what we really do, especially men, women are a bit different)
@@yosefmacgruber1920 please tell me that disgusting paragraph is satire
If not do you even realize how stupid what you just said is?
@@acorn9134
Could you be more specific? Whatever are you saying?
I believe more people ought to get married younger, if they are ready. But historically, adulthood was thought to occur at about age 13. Age 12 seems a bit too young, for almost everybody. But if she is a mother already, let her be a mother. I am talking in the general case, not about a specific person or situation.
Yosef MacGruber Too often, teens do not seek adequate medical care during their pregnancy, which can result in moderate to severe complications. The more common medical complications that may occur during a teen pregnancy include anemia, toxemia, high blood pressure, placenta previa and premature birth of the baby.
Teen pregnancy may impact the baby's growth and development over time. Experts cite delays in intellectual and motor development, and more ongoing medical and behavioral issues in babies born to teen mothers. Ongoing medical care is crucial to prevent these complications from threatening the pregnancy and the mother's well being.
Many moms get the "baby blues" during the weeks and months after giving birth. While these emotional ups and downs can be difficult to manage, they typically subside. However, being a teen mom comes with a greater risk of being diagnosed with depression during pregnancy and post-partum depression after giving birth.
The reasons teen moms are at-risk of developing depression vary. Some may for fall into a depression while trying to handle the emotions a pregnancy creates and all of the possible negative feedback about the pregnancy from friends and family. While others will develop post-partum depression as a result of the significant emotional and physical demands of caring for a new baby.
Financial difficulties start to surface the closer a pregnant teen gets to the baby's due date. Often, the high cost of raising a child becomes more apparent after delivery and continues as the teen mom tries to figure out how to make ends meet. Teens who do not have full-time employment may struggle to cover the basic expenses of life upon having a baby.
Exhaustion may arise during a pregnancy. A pregnant teen should try to exercise during the pregnancy. However, if exhaustion arises, it is important to know that this is often a normal part of pregnancy. Getting the standard eight hours of sleep (or more) every night is important.
Education may be put on hold when a teen becomes pregnant. Some pregnant teens may decide to leave high school or finish school at an alternative site. If a teen has goals of attending college after high school, those plans may be put on hold after becoming pregnant. And instead, the new mom may decide to focus on the baby or getting married rather than pursuing further education.
This is really bad . I feel bad for them
! Having lots of children must be horrible and ruining their life
Gek Universe Just because your family turned out all right, doesn't mean it is going to turn out good for everyone else. Having children is expensive--mother fuckin undisputed FACT. And when you are already poor, single parent, with more than just one child, life just gets that much harder. Sure, big families get through the day and end up raising some pretty awesome people, but alot of parents come to understand that having children can mean a shit ton of inconveniences and sacrifices, many of which people are bot prepared for either mentally financially or physically.
And op wasnt saying children were the horrible thing, it was the fact of having so many.
Yun Ni agree
That's not true at all Jatren. It's too easy to accuse others. Nobody puts a gun on their heads and force them to produce babies. The real problem is the primitive filipino mentality and it's backward culture. Filipinos medias are making TV shows to keep the population dumb and ignorant.
Yun Ni Warren Buffett, gave $300,000,000 for birth control.
8Bit Time Traveler They have very little land mass ,so crowding will be ,intensive..
They'll punch their abdomen but won't take contraception. What are they being told are the symptoms?
They're probably too poor to afford it. We should offer sterilization to these people
@@berlinwall6674 I got the depo shot once and had my period for 32 days straight
They are being told that pills can cause cancer.
@@FiveFeepDeet I had to debunk that misinformation with my aunt who believed that when birth control came out 50 years ago. I finally tracked down the what caused the cancer and it was due to a compound that produced way too much estrogen within a woman that caused ovarian cancer. I broke down my findings to her to show that the first batches of the New and Exciting birth control hadn't been fine tuned to safe regulated levels for the uninformed public of the 1970s other than it being taken like crazy. Later on is when the data finally came in from studies on estrogen levels in women showing that to be a cause of cancer. For women in their 50s that my aunt knew died as they were the ones to take doses of that first unsafe batch of birth control, while she herself never took any and so began the fear any contraception being dangerous to her and others alike. We learned that the 6th generation of the pill is safe for girls and women to use and that a pill is available for men too. Now I have to dig around to find out why she says tampons and pads kill women, other than Toxic Shock of what I know, it will be a learning experience for her and I, a man.
@@superpikkle3983 . Jeez
These 14 Yr old teen: *have 5 children*
Me when I was 14: *slowly opening and closing the fridge door to see if the lights goes out*
Commander Xananymous Nobody cares about when you were 14 and your overused joke. You weren’t born in a 3rd world country, were you?
Let me ask you a question: where are you from?
It's easy to make jokes when your reality is totally different.
Pizzaz Paz whoa! Chill,relax bud...it’s just a joke and yes I’m not from a 3rd country..I was born in UK..you need to have a sense of humour mate!
Commander Xananymous Nah, I think you need to get one and some common sense. Firstly I’ve seen this joke everywhere and it’s not even funny anymore, and secondly these 14yr old teens are actually suffering while you comment some joke that’s insensitive. Wow look these people are struggling let me just make a funny joke about my way better life to compare Lololol
Pizzaz Paz I mean it’s literally obvious they are doing something that only adults do
I see a lot of people saying miserable stuff like "wELl wHEn i WaS thAT aGE I wAS pLAyiNg". Different cultures and different stories. Look the way they live and what is offered to them. Good for that privileage, but they didnt get the same luck. THINK JUST A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT THEY LIVE
It boggles my mind how they can watch this video and then try to compare their privileged lives to these poor people. "When I was young-" yeah when you were young you most likely weren't living in a third world country.
@@NeonColoredRain YES!!!!!! This makes me sick
@@NeonColoredRain actually geographers no longer refer to countries as 1st, 2nd or even 3rd world. The correct term for the Philippines would be developing.
Its probably because their joking, ya know, just joking around
@@darlenehailey7880 yeah, I know. But imagine being in that place... I just think some comments are selfish af
As a Filipina myself, it pains me that the comment section is filled with complaints about women being called second-class citizens, rather than talking about the pressing issue here . Although it is true that women has come a long way regarding equality, sexism still prevails. However, I think we should focus our discussions on the lack of sex education. Young children should be educated, and adults should not regard sexual matters as taboo.
PREACH!
Well said! As a Filipina myself who are now far from the Philippines, I'm saddened that not a lot of Filipinos have access or even awareness to proper education in regards to this and their basic human rights and option for better life are disregarded and withheld from them for the sake of "righteousness" and preserving "values". You can't really blame the society's way of culture if the majority of the population is illiterate. But, it can be change for the betterement of all. Philippines could have been a great country but is being supress by this backwards logic and out of date values.
I feel like that's just common sense you know.
Contraception should be provided for free to all who wants it.
Jennel, glad you see the point...but as far as most filipinos in ph, they do not....the filipino culture has not changed and it does not look like it will to keep up with modern thinking....I know first hand the difficulty of getting out of poverty in the ph, so its a continuous cycle...unless the government takes control of educating ALL children, its not gonna change...between corruption and the church, if you remain in the ph, its almost impossible for a filipina in poverty.....btw, if ur filipino reading this, im not bashing, but you know I speak truth...I love ph and I wish the best for all, especially the pinays…..
Just because it’s tradition/culture doesn’t make it right. These are kids who haven’t fully developed just because in the “Old days” this was considered okay doesn’t mean it was okay. There was many things back in those days that weren’t right.
If the Boy could keep his things in his pants this would never have been a problem.
As well the girls!! Sex involves 2.
Meaza Gebre true
@@meazagebre2241 not when ones a child
And if the girl can keep her legs shut then this also would have never been a problem
@@lizalan1385 think before you speak
What's lacking here in the Philippines is education, information dissemination, and discipline.
We lack leaders who are not afraid of the RC influence , and implement reproductive health bill .
Mostly just a lack of responsibility.
Glad you're aware.
I'm male a half Asian and half American, I am disgusted how women in the Philippines being treated as second class those little girls are not women, part of the problem is that they are sexualized way too early.
I'm a filipina currently residing in the Philippines and I consider myself as a middle class citizen. Contraceptives are kinda looked down upon, especially by the conservative Roman Catholics (not generalizing but some are).
In my high school, the nuns, brothers, and priests "educated" us that condoms are not efficient, surgical intervention for contraceptives were bad as getting tumors after X years, and the lists goes on. Spreading misinformation happens in some private schools unfortunately.
I can't say that religion is the cause for overpopulation and incorrect family planning but it is a great factor.
And something bothered me before on how they made us think that using condoms was equal to killing a baby like wtf happened to logic
And as far as what I've seen, women are not treated as 2nd class citizens in the middle class setting. A lot of women get respected and have high salary jobs :)
I agree. Technically when you use condom there is really no fertilization that is happening therefore you're not really killing anyone aside from the sperms. I don't agree with abortion though.
Also if anything women have more rights than men here which I really hate. Philippines is actually full of feminist crap especially that cancerous organization called Gabriela . I think there is also a province here that imprisons you if you call a woman sexy which I think is really stupid lol.
Abortion is necessary. It's not just for women (it's mostly for the women tho, that's for sure). It's also for a better society and population control. Philippines is overpopulated, they need to kill more babies than producing them. Beside, abortion isn't that bad, when you think of abortion, you think that people put a scissor inside a VJJ and kill the baby, lol.
No, in the West. Most abortion done by medical (it's the safest and best option) where they just drink pills and boom, it gone, that's it! You only need operation when it's 14 weeks or older, which are rare.
We need more abortion, the more the better, especially in poor countries. After all, i don't want another Tyrone and Jamal to go around and make society worse, lol.
Scribbly wish you call them conservative Roman catholic? How many times did these Roman catholic entered the church in their life time? 3 times. Condoms inefficient? Or it stops expression of feelings and love.?
ok so the age of consent is 12 but they can't get contraceptives till they're 18... LOGIC
One should not expect logic in the Philippines.
it's 16 now
This is what happens when you lack high education available for the young. I'm now 37, having a hard time trying to have my first child w my husband. After my first miscarriage just last month, it was painful enough physically. I can't think of what these young kids are going through at such young age.
The thing is, they start fooling around whilst still in elementary school.
toady because of poor education system
Maybe you can adopt one for free.
@@toady7741most very young girls get pregnant by much older men. A lot of these relationships are exploitive in nature.
Old females have tough time having pregnancy after 35, is known fact
Watching the documentary and reading different opinions in the comment section, I personally feel that poverty is the main problem. There seems to be a working education system that is teaching children the right things, including reproductive health. All that needs to be done is to ensure children stay in school and receive the education they need. If we can lift families out of poverty, then maybe the kids will want to stay in school, rather than go outside to work or fool around.
Why is this about contraception? This should be about children having children.
because contraceptions can prevent children having children.
Children at that age should not be thinking about sex or having sex. As parents its our job to talk to them about it.
many filipinos that are umprivileged donkt have the basic education sbout sex. that leads them to having children without them knowing.
I think this is about a lot of different problems. I'm wondering who the 11 year old pregnant girl had sex with to get pregnant. She might be sexually abused by an older man. At the same time, a lot of young people of legal age in the Philippines also quickly get married and have waaay too many children, and this keeps them poor and under-educated.
Teddy P. Gray
Contraceptives are big business. Who cares about childrens are having children. Business must go on.
They are scared of the side effects but not the responsibility of having a child at such a young age.
Because they are ignorant.
Most likely because they do not think ahead into the future consequences.
Parents are also the problem. I remember my dad and uncles and aunts keep asking me even at the age of 8, that if i had a girlfriend or i should have one by then. And they seem to be actually fine about it disregarding the consequences
Same. It’s very annoying. I’m 23 years old, and they don’t care if I still don’t have girlfriend.
I went to an a private school in the Philippines for nearly all my life, and even in my "exclusive," "advanced" school, there was absolutely no talk about contraceptives. It was an "abstinence is the way" philosophy. The thing is, I went to an all-female school so there wasn't many ways to meet boys. But public schools are usually co-ed yet still teaching that abstinence is the only way (if they even talk about sex at all.) It's silly to think young people just won't have sex. I'm lucky I got more knowledge about contraceptives when I moved to the UK but not everyone has that chance... and most parents also don't talk about it (I know my Filipino parents don't)
I was in a public school during my elementary grades, we were taught about sex during 5th grade but not contaceptives. I was only taught about all the kinds of contraceptives during 8th grade in junior high.
I hope if you have kids you’ll break that cycle and talk about it with your kids.
You've got to be kidding. In my school they already taught us how the reproductive cycle works in our 5th grade biology class, that's even before our balls dropped lol. And in the 6th grade we had some sort of sex education although not as extensive as in the west. Since your school was an all girls schools and probably run by nuns they were more conservative and just dodge the topic all together. That would be my guess.
0_0 how do you even... just wow... Its all I can think of but If you are a guy maybe she wanted a demo? XD
Anna M .... Are you kidding, UK is no better. Look at statistics UK has one of the highest teenage pregnancy cases in the world. Teens have no morals and decency to suppressed their sexuality yet adults tolerate their destructive behaviour.
Please don't attack me for asking this question. I just genuinely want to know.
Why are young children having sex in the first place?
I'm not talking about the ones that were raped.
peachichi these young people are already in a relationship. Maybe, they were curious or influenced by their peers. That's why EDUCATION IS VERY CRUCIAL.
peachichi these young people are already in a relationship. Maybe, they were curious or influenced by their peers. That's why EDUCATION IS VERY CRUCIAL.
Because they have no discipline.
peachichi Teenagers are hijacked by sex hormone, not common sense. This process is part of human growth!
poverty+puberty+lack of education =
Please educate these people😔💕
These people???? There was a time when our great great grandparents acted this way they are not and nor is anyone else these people.
Back Home that's in the past this is the future
First thing that needs to go is the religion, if it teaches to feel guilt and shame of wanting to not keep the child on an emotional level then threatens sin and punishment for the act of removing the child. Of course there will be cases of young pregnancies everywhere and lack of sex ed and misinformation spread throughout the country.
You mean indoctrinate? Like your country is any better? Get a grip
@@sonicsoftly
Yes,my country in Europe is definitely a lot better in this respect.
Grateful for advocates like these women. They are true heroes.
I think sexual education is very important. Im residing at Malaysia and eventho Malaysia is muslim country, in our secondary school syllabus we were taught about contraceptive. So yeah, every youngsters should know about that.
ash love Here in America we aren’t reached we so we have to learn it on our ones.
@@haganshows it depends on the state, I live in a liberal area (northern Virginia) and they did teach us about contraceptives in high school (although it was pretty basic education, definitely could have been better) but in more conservative states/areas the education is often bad. Also private religious schools don't have to teach about contraceptives so their education is often bad too. It sucks because I feel like we're going backwards as a county in this area.
This is a big problem for the poorer communities in the PH, arising from the failure to acknowledge that sex does exists and the lack of reliable resources to deal with sex. Sexuality is heavily stigmatized in the Philippines (through religion and traditional values), yet it's constantly portrayed in our media as thing that just happens. We lack the resources for proper sex education. Weirdly enough, we know what to do... but not enough of its consequences.
Prevailence of HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, red-light economies that even involve children. These are just some of the consequences. You can say that poverty plays part on why this exist, but I think it's mainly because of our refusal to learn more about them and how to prevent them.
What's worse is the Church is trying to crack down reproductive options. It's happening right now with the pill and IUD's. This is not only detrimental to women but to the PH population.
There's nothing wrong with adhering to a religion. But it should not prevent the State and its people from knowing and implementing what's good for itself. The State should implement proper channels for contraception and allow more appropriate sex education for teens. Parents should allowing their kids to learn more about responsible sex practices and attitudes -- not just preaching that it's wrong or unholy.
TL;DR: Proper sex education is key. Also, separation of Church and State.
id be ecstatic to have you homeschool me( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
TheDoodLbot Exactly. Religion ruins a lot of things.
RECOGNIZED Short cuts of the Philippine word.
Philippines: PHL
Philippine Pesos; PHP
Agree
Hey I have a crazy idea. Instead of focusing on abortions for 11-year-old pregnant children, why don't they focus on protecting kids from being abused?
I agree!
When she said ..they put hangers and barbeque sticks ...i was like this needs to be stopped!😞😞😞😞
Abortion is ok as long as its done healthily and by a profession
@@elizahamilton9590 You will be heavily fined and put into jail if you do abortion here in the Philippines
The Catholic Church aka the Vatican needs to address the Pinay and Pinoy that using contraceptive products is not a sin. It is a sin when the parents/single parent can't provide for the child or children which lead to neglect, abuse, and even death. 😢😢😢😢😢
Now who doesn't really know that sex is for producing babies? Huge numbers of people have objections to all methods of birth control. Especially to harsh contraceptives.
Do you really think they wouldnt have already done this if they wanted to?
@Wonderful world exactly,like the women get pregnant alone lol
These women are scared of side effects of contraceptive. It is true contraceptives that act on your hormones can cause bad side effects. Furthermore they do not protect men and women from sexually transmitted diseases. STDs can ruin people' lifes. A healthy and effettive way of preventing both pregnancies and STD is using condoms.
It's totally a sin. Stop having sex outside of marriage
I'm a little bit surprised that among all the comments I've read on this thread... no one is asking why so many very young children are having sex in the first place.
until that phenomenon is understood, the contraceptive issue feels like a bandaid on a chest wound.
Because values are not enforce like a law and values differs for every family, every religion,every group which is nonsense to understand all of them.
breakingthemasks No schooling, religion and it's against the law to abort.
breakingthemasks 'until that phenomenon is understood' it's called lack of education
By far the best comment in here. I'm tired of hearing people say "It's the government's fault. It's the Catholic Church's fault." They're not asking the right question. Perhaps, it's about "Why are the Filipina girls even having sex at such a young age?" or "Is it the lack of education?" I also noticed how those meaningful talks or tradition like "preserve your virginity until you get married" are lost. Gone are the days where families do keep their morals and life values.
No stigma attached to sex outside marriage anymore. Most of the teen magazines in the states promote sex as soon as possible. If anything the Catholic Church has less power than ever over most of the people in the Philippines than ever before, Church attendance and the fact that the Prime Minister routinely makes threats against the Church is proof enough of that.
So let me get this right,
You have to be 18 to access contraceptives, women get blamed and the men are walking free and CHILDREN are forced to carry their rapists babys and are blamed for not using contraception... I don’t even have any words... wtaf
this is why i want to pack my bags and go to the Philippines to help girls there when I turn 20
Many men have not only packed their bags they are in the PI having the best time of their lives.
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@@globalprong7341 once the Coronavirus outbreak ends
You know, if the media there normalized contraceptives everyone else would be more likely to seek it out.
separate the damn church and the government 😑
Amparo Reveche its in the constitution but is never played out. Probably because these politicians are backed by these religious organizations as well.
They are, actually. It's just that the church influences the majority of the people, and the government answers to the majority.
Amparo Reveche I don't know what condoms are but if they are something that won't prevent pregnancy than sure I guess
Omygod you don’t know what youre saying😂😂😂
It has been sepereated hundred of years ago 😂😂😂✌️
Why do you want to separate the government from being moral?
This makes me want to throw up a bit. I feel sad for them.
Its laughable that people think the solution to ignorance is more contraception. It’s not, it’s education attention and self control.
Your comment deserves more likes.
so they're scared of side effects, but i guess a whole child isn't that huge of a side effect...?
They probably dont realize the huge responsibility of a baby or can't get an abortion.
Educating women can make a better change for women empowerment
BOYS should be included in virginity classes. No rush to parenthood. Save all!
looks at western europe total example as to why women shouldnt have power clusterfuck of immigrants and kavanaughts being attack by guilty before innocent
we have the RH Law in the Philippines, which provides free birth control for all Filipinos. the vast majority of Filipinos support this. The only problem is that it hasnt been fully implemented due to a lack of money. I mean, it costs a lot to provide birth control to everyone in the Philippines. But the current president is totally for the law, and he even wants to set a 3 child limit. I hope it happens
"But the current president is totally for the law, and he even wants to set a 3 child limit. I hope it happens"
What about human rights? What about her body, her choice? if a woman chooses to have more than 3 kids, what will be the punishment?
I totally get wanting to provide birth control and sex education--it would really help the PH reduce their overpopulation. But setting a limit on the number of kids is VERY anti-choice, anti-woman, backwards, and discriminatory. The government has NO PLACE inside a woman's reproductive health, including limiting the number of kids they can produce.
Her body, her choice. Let's stick to that.
Miri M, the limit would help but someone needs to provide eduction on the negative consequences of pregnancy.
"the limit would help", yeah, not totally a complete violation of women's rights..and I'm sure it wont result in any forced abortions, or any human rights violations. I'm sure the president will enforce the birth limit like he enforces the drug laws: very humanely! nope, nothing to see here!
Joey Bodnar, That's what you gave to do when the country has overwhelming problems or the entire sysytem can collapse which would beceven more devestating to the people there. We need more of that in the USA too.
Joey Bodnar Do women really have the right to overpopulate the world?
As a teen in the Philippines, and as a person who have experienced unwanted things, I'm now constantly paranoid and I'm not willing to be in any kind of close relationship with a guy much older than me
You might have ptsd from what happened to you. Maybe look up therapy for that.
Im doing better now, actually. My overthinking reappears some days but it rarely comes up anymore. I'm still not willing to get involved in any kind of romantic relationships with anybody but overall I'm healing
@@anyadraws2309 I'm glad to hear you are doing better! That is understandable, keep healing in a pace that works for you.
11 year girl is not a woman , she is a child . It's heartbreaking to see this
How about playing with dolls and being a kid instead of having sex! God, that was the last thing on my mind at age 11!
Sassi Q youre saying that as if everbody would think like you.
ya boi is gayyy, your still a kid at that age! What do you expect...
Sassi Q im just saying that depending on where you live you might think about different stuff. Just because you played with dolls at 11 doesent mean that others did as well. Im not sure how it is in the philipines but in europe kids have accsess to the internet at a quite young age and sex is quite a theme on the internet. The good thing is that europe has sex education which helps with the rates of teenage pregnancy, but it still can happen.
living in poverty makes you grow up much quicker... these kids are not playing with dolls, they are often raising their siblings and working from very young age, facing harsh realities.
Aiste Osinskyte, and what does that have to do with having sex! Morality, self respect, and family values applies to high and low income people!
The tact and sensitivity showed here in this video is commendable. I laud this effort by the channel !
Aki Moto Wow, you're even commenting here. Yes, women must be irrational, especially when they're on their periods, and always think using their emotions. All they're good for is looking good, making babies and making food. They're so much weaker than men, both physically and mentally.
No, I hope no one hides your comments in this video, because I want everyone to see your "Men's" side of the story. Yes, that's actually what Feminism is supposed to be about, to have equal rights for both men and women, and to have both sides heard. It just so happens women got the short end of the stick in the sexual divide, and we'd like to fight for what's right, just like how different races fight for their equality against racism.
And yes, you probably realize my first paragraph had a tone of sarcasm. But I wouldn't know that since I'm not smart enough as a woman.
Aki Moto, i strongly agree with some of your comments. What you dont like are feminazis. not feminists. Feminists are for equal rights..Feminazis are. annoying.
Sudip Chatterjee I
Aki Moto sir u are everywhere in the comments but i definitely agree with you 👍.. i dunno why some women play the victim or gender card they have, when in fact some men are also oppressed by other women. With the case of teenage pregnancy, education would certainly help! these so called feminists who think they represent all females in this earth and can only TALK with no long term solution in mind, think that saying "women are 2nd class citizens here" makes them fucking intelligent 😒😒😒
rye berza, i am a female and i strongly diasagree woth some of the female commenters. They comment like they are so opressed and all men are to blame. they are not feminists, they are feminazis(annoying women) . smh
As a Mother I'd have to go against the grain and be sure my Daughters get an education and an implant, even if we'd have to hide it.
How about they start from stopping them from having boyfriends at 10. What kind of culture allows that.
see, one problem is the church.they have so much influence in the country and they would not allow that, then everybody follows
Robin Sihag For real! If they are raised catholic why are they all out having sex? This is a contradiction and it seems to be the norm there, not isolated cases.
Robin Sihag I agree with you
Disgusting predator promoting culture that leads all these kids in a life cycle of never ending poverty and having multiple father's. They promote their kids to be loose and have no morals at such a young age. So sad.
Why not have boyfriends at a young age? I would have liked to know who I should marry at a young age. Well unless that means too much pressure to have sex, or overly-permissive parents?
I am Cuban and this happens a lot there too. When I was younger I remember all my little friends aged 7-12 had boyfriends even if not oficial, boys and girls always were close in a special way. When you grow up together with your friends and aren’t taught about grown up stuff, trust me you go by instinct. All my little friends were real couples in their teens and started doing what their hormones would tell them to do while highly unsupervised. I went to visit a few years back, the girls had children but weren’t with the same boys. Everyone went their separate ways, with their children being raised by them and their respective families. When you are poor and live in the country side, as a young person there’s nothing else to do but to hang out with you friends of any gender, and you get very close to them.
Parents should discipline & teach children morals & values. 😕🇦🇺
+Sabah Amal, they can't do that in the first place if they never knew. That's why education is important, they didn't know so they couldn't choose.
And I wonder how many baby daddies and baby mammas per person?
Oh, please. I'm Cuban too and I can tell you sex education is great, you can get condoms for dirt cheap, even free. We bought them from the pharmacy when we were in primary school and used them as balloons for decoration, or to have water balloon fights. If you want an IUD or other method of birth control that needs a doctor involved you just go to see the doctor and get it or free. If you want the pill, all you have to do is go to the pharmacy and ask. We bought them (were still underage) with our school uniform and they still gave it to us no questions asked, but some of us just wanted them to smash them and put in our shampoo because they say it would make our hair grow. They will give it to you for like 3 pesos (that's nothing) and no prescription needed, and they won't ask for ID or parent's permission. And all abortions are legal and free (though I'm against that part, though). So obviously you don't know what you're talking about. Irresponsible people will get pregnant regardless of resources available. Birth control can fail as well and not everyone have the heart to kill their unborn child.
I'm not a communist, by the way. I'm just saying things like they are in Cuba. Many things suck over there, but birth control is widely available, contrary to what is happening to the people in this documentary.
A statue of an unborn child, really
Well why not? We have statues of many other people. Babies in the womb are people also.
Yosef MacGruber not until they are a month old
What makes you say that?
Dr DanZ because he's an idiot!? IQ 34
@@avacadocap9591
I mean, I would say once born.
In relationship at age of 8?wtf? ..
IKR, just plain wrong!!!
This is true my schoolmates here in the Philippines already have Bfs/Gfs at 9-14 yo and they're even proud about it
*in the Philippines it's very difficult to be a woman*
Well so is in the whole world 😣
ya it looked very difficult. The woman who had 11th baby didn't even think about family planning.
Yes being a woman is hard, but being a woman in a near third world country is harder.
Awkwardness is the key coming from a third world country, I can tell you that’s true
@@shubhangishailendra9137 what do you mean awkwardness is the key?
@@bobbyhill1110 that’s the username of the person I was replying to
11 year olds shouldn’t even need contraceptives. Period.
Exactly!
Women in the Philippines are not treated as second class citizens, they have a choice. The problem is children are not sex educated. This is due to being predominantly religious upbringing. When the government required ex education, teachers protested, old teachers. Younger teachers would love to do it, but old teachers run the schools. When the government tried to distribute contraceptives (condoms to school), again old teachers protested.This is one of the bad effects of religion in the Philippines.
This is like living in the dark ages! Religion shouldn't meddle in these referenda. The church is not exactly responsible for these pregnant kids wellbeing.
Thanks for bringing this to light
Thanks to old people for promoting the family values, and for rejecting the awful unnatural harsh contraceptives. Contraceptives are anti-family and promote sexual immorality by pretense that sex doesn't have real consequences.
Religion also condemns premerital sex does it not? This is clearly not just religion! Its a cultural thing i guess...
@@mehwishmehmood5332
Yet premarital sex goes on, because people do not take religious teachings seriously enough. And due to the rampant contraceptive pushing that lied and said that sex doesn't really have much consequences anymore. And what of the common law definition of marriage, that if you are living together and raising children as if married, then guess what, you actually are married, in the eyes of the law?
Religion isn't saying to enjoy less sex, but rather to take your parenting duties seriously and take responsibility for the children that you bring into the world. Hence marriage before sex. The world has it backwards. Pushing birth control rather than responsibility towards family and children. Religious teaching and tradition say to take responsibility for children, marriage before sex, do not use any birth control.
Horrible to see 11 yrs old child is pregnant . By human rights should be in school .
Not only in Philiphines, it also hard for being a woman in every place.
BS
In some places it is harder, though
@@KennaDeMerkedo like... where?
But in most countries they gave a higher age of consent.
@James yeah but we're talking EASTERN here
*I live in the Philippines and I'm very sad that this is true... I live in a subdivision so I'm very safe here, I feel bad for those girls...*
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Okay.... People getting pregnant at 15 y.o. is already considered tragic here... And now, 12?? The only thing I do at that time is drawing and going to school without any care about the adult world such as pregnancy... 😨
I have met many filipino parents who when asked about guidance to their kids, said " They are free society and they give Freedom of enjoyment to their kids. Kids have their own life"
Anyone that has inappropriate with children should be severely punished!!! Plain and simple!!!!!
I notice it's always the women who have to carry the burden of these issues, where is the other half of the equation in these videos - the men?
Melissa Jones "working"
Mmm I’d say a baby has far more side effects 😂
I like sex but I love education.
Aren't the "side effects" of having a baby, mostly good? People should be having even more babies, but they need to get married before having sex.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 people should only have babies if they decide they are ready, are financially stable, dobt have any health conditions that could harm the baby during birth, and have a loving partner
Side affects of giving birth can be horrible what are you talking about
@@yosefmacgruber1920
Honestly, people shouldn't really be having more babies in some places. The populations already high enough, were using up more of the earth's resource's, destroying the earth. With fewer people we won't kill the planet as fast.
Yosef MacGruber actually the process of carrying the baby as well as giving birth can vary from woman to woman. Some an have no side effects, while it hurts to get out of bed for others. In low income areas it can be even a higher risk for the safety of both mother and child due to malnourishment as well as unaffordable medical care.
I’m from the Philippines. Although there are these cases, women aren’t treated as second class citizen. The script of the narrator isn’t exactly correct. Women here have a voice.
I don't live in the Philippines but I am Filipino . My parents travelled to the UK for a better healthy life for me and my brothers . Most of my family is back there and I hope my cousins don't end up with pregnancy at such a young age . ❤I still luv Philippines
Goodness I had my period when I was 14 and this girl already pregnant at 11
I seen a family in the streets 2 days ago that I helped with basic necessities. They are living under the train and they have 7 children. Most people in the Philippines do not believe in using condoms. Most get Sexually transmitted diseases due to not being aware and a lot of men having anal sex which is the main cause of HIV because it gets transmitted directly to the blood through anal sex. SADDDDDD !!!!! Pray for the Philippines.
The Black Filipino TV Hello I didn't know the Philippines had black Fillipinos. Love, peace and oneness.
There is no such thing as AIDS
Anal sex isn't natural that's homosexual anyone doing that has a higher risk for hiv and all kinds of diseases...
Tiffeny Davis lmao,straight ppl do anal as well
The Black Filipino TV Wow Philippines!
I have a friend and she is from the Philippines. she said life was hard for her and I see why now. Everyday I would encouraged her to do her best and make life what you want it to be.
Am I the only one here who started feeling nauseous while watching this?
I don't think it's hard to be a woman in the Philippines. But I do believe that it is hard being uneducated/poor in the Philippines. I grew up in the Philippines and sex ed started when we were in 6th grade. And it continued till I graduated high school. That's why stay in school kids!
Georgina Young yep..
Georgina Young but some kid don't even finish school
Sex education in Philippines teaches about abstinence and rarely talk about anything else. It doesn't talk about condom, contraceptives, etc.
Actually there's a loophole for private schools. Some of these schools don't even bother teaching sex Ed. Often this is because of taboo others due to more of personal opinion over professionalism
CORRECT......LETS INVITE EVERYONE TO VISIT THE PHILIPPINES AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. WE FACED THE SAME KIDS PROBLEM ALLOVER THE WORLD.
Ah, coming from someone that used to live in the Philippines but lives in the states now is really a shocker. It may seem happy and fun to others as we try to portray but you don't know the sad story of a Filipino.
In MMK most kids are portrayed as young ladies/young men at such a young age. They're forced to go through with many household chores. When I was in second grade I already knew how to fold clothes, cook, clean the house, etc. And I'm 14 years old today.
Now it comes to learning about the reproductive system. I had to learn through the school when I moved to the states in fourth grade about this. None once have my teachers of family members have told me about producing an offspring and whatsoever. I'm glad I got to learn it though because I have better knowledge on it than before.
Yes, it is very corrupt there. I pray everyday for my beloved home country to become better. I hope they keep on striving. My mom still loves the place even though we lived in a poor neighborhood when she's living a much better life right now. Everyday I hear gossiping from my parents about the problems there but despite all of it their heart is still faithful for the Philippines.
But my experience on being a Filipino is more on the bad side. When I didnt like a dish there my relatives would call me an ungrateful child because there were kids starving, which is 100% true. But in America it's okay to have your opinion. I've been compared to many other kids as well and it brought me down. My cousins and brothers got compared as well. Filipino kids have it rough, coming from a Filipino. With so many expectations at a young age it's hard.
And when you didn't do it properly you would get hit by a belt or whatever your parents could use to cause harm. Yes, it's disciple but some parents brutally harm their kids to the point where they're near death. My dad, no lie, threatened to make me kneel on rice for an hour because I did my task incorrectly. The sad, brutal truth coming from a Filipino. They are forced to do many things. My mom has told my dad to do things but he'd call me to do his chores saying it was "training." Yeah, so training is you giving me your tasks and slacking off.
Filipinos are probably telling me America has corrupted my mind but I've learned a lot throughout my 5 almost 6 years here. It has helped me become a better individual. While I live a better life now, I hope the people especially the kids. Most, not all, are forced into what I call labor. I'm sorry if this is offensive to anyone but it's my experience
Teenagers should be taught about protection. Consent at 12 is too young.
2:01 in a country where the age of consent for females is 12, you need to be 18 to have access to contraceptives? am i missing something or has the government gone nuts?
This is sad and it happens to poor women most of the time. They are lied to and misled. I see many families that are poor that have 6 to 10 children because they think they have no choice. I help them as much as I can. I have used the withdrawal method all of my life. I knew I didn't want children I couldn't take care of. The men have to be responsible as much as the women. It is about responsibility at the end of the day. I come to tears seeing this. The poor are effected more than anything.
+Mike Jackson
Condoms can leak and break. Rather than withdrawal method, why not the easiest and most elegant method, the "no method" method of allowing and welcome families to grow naturally? If even precum can cause pregnancy, then what even is the point of early withdrawal? Might as well more enjoy the sex and welcome babies to come as they may. Whatever happened to children being a wondrous blessing from God? We should favor the human life, and welcome human populations everywhere to grow and spread naturally. Human life is amazing and beautiful, and so of course human populations should naturally grow.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 no uterus no opinion. childbirth is expensive and is more than just popping a baby out of you.
+bread roll
Only women can have opinions? That makes no sense at all. Men can be parents also. And this is not the 1940s anymore. Fathers are allowed in the birthing room also. Well since they apparently had something to do with the baby production process.
Childbirth is expensive? Why? What about home birthing then and midwife assistance, which is less expensive than hospitals? Surely you do not think that birthing babies, is only for the wealthy? Poor people should not have any children?
And for people who have objections to birth control, don't you suppose that babies are going to naturally "pop out"? If you have some objection to the term "popping out babies" then that would apply to other people not using the term also? Huge numbers of people have objections to birth control, and their objections are very understandable and valid, but if people do not use birth control, then shouldn't they plan or expect to have often some naturally large family sizes? Fortunately as a pro-lifer, I have no sinister agenda to somehow "control" the natural increase of humanity. I am quite okay with the already-huge world population naturally growing and growing with seemingly no practical nor moral means of keeping it "under control".
@@yosefmacgruber1920 lmao i dont have time to argue with your close mindedness i know it takes two to tango but you dont get to have an opinion on giving birth if you can't, really simple.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 the world is running out of food and resources overpopulation is a bigger concern than the natural order and chastity
Why in the world are so many young children having sex in the first place??!?
HapeeBizeeBeez take a guess.
Maiya Feroex ?
HapeeBizeeBeez they were raped
Hello I'm Trash I figured.... :/
Btw, you aren't trash. >:3
HapeeBizeeBeez Do you think they want to have sex?
Iam in deep pain watching this documentary. I was climbing trees, dressing dolls and playing at 11 not having babies
Using contraceptives is better than abortion.
there are so many R Kelly's in the Philippines
That’s the reason why there’s so much teenage pregnancy, cause they don’t know how to use contraception or even know what it is. It’s so sad. I was born there and moved to Canada when I was 13, dito ko Lang nalaman kung pano. You can’t stop people from having sex, but you can take caution.
You can encourage people to get married younger. Some people actually are ready to get married and to start a family at a younger age. And we can help young people to become ready for their family responsibilities if that is what they want.
Bea Gruy many just don't want to use contraceptive, especially the boys.
They shouldn't have to use any birth control. Humans were meant to multiply naturally. But people should get married before sex, and accept their parenting duties.
Yea u can stop ppl tho.
Sex is everywhere. You can't stop it. But we can encourage people to get married and to take responsibility for their growing families. Like huge numbers of people, I also have objections to all methods of birth control. People are supposed to multiply naturally.
These girls shouldn't be judged but educated.
hope the situations starts changing for the better soon❤️ the women fighting for these little girls deserve all the blessings for helping not get any worse❤️ the next generation deserves to be educated