Punto De Vista: Umani ng samu't saring reaksyon ang mga naging pahayag ni Senador Robin Padilla
Punto De Vista: Umani ng samu't saring reaksyon ang mga naging pahayag ni Senador Robin Padilla
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00:00One of the hearings of the Senate was controversial last week,
00:03particularly regarding the topic of marriage,
00:06where there was a rapid reaction of those who became the witnesses of Senator Robin Padilla.
00:11That is what Professor Antonio Contreras will discuss in Punto de Vista, Professor.
00:26Thank you very much, and good morning to all of you in the studio.
00:30Many things have changed in society.
00:34It is no longer the same as before, where the view of a woman is lower than that of a man.
00:40And when a woman gets married, it is as if she becomes an heirloom of her husband,
00:48where the culture and view of a woman is like a property that loses its identity
00:56and becomes a burden to the man.
01:00And there is no right to refuse.
01:04Now is the time of mutual respect and mutual consent,
01:08not of obedience.
01:11That is no longer mutual, that is already in the law.
01:16And this also includes the right of a woman to refuse
01:21if she does not want to marry her husband.
01:25And that is why now, the rape that we used to see
01:29only happens when the man and the woman are not in a relationship.
01:35Now, there is what is called marital rape,
01:38where even if the husband is a man,
01:42he can blame his wife, the woman, for being impulsive,
01:47if she forced herself.
01:51This concept can be new to many people
01:55because how can they have hope if they get married?
02:01That is because of our new concept of marriage.
02:06Marriage is no longer about a woman submitting totally to the husband.
02:13Marriage is a partnership, and that is in the law.
02:17And in the Republic Act 8353,
02:19we replaced the provision in the Revised Plenar Code
02:23where marriage is only defined outside of marriage.
02:27And there is also what is called an exemption
02:29if the man is the husband.
02:33I hope this will serve as a lesson to everyone,
02:36especially to the youth.
02:38The time has changed.
02:40The husband is impulsive, and we have impulsiveness.
02:44And this is not only for women,
02:46because it can also be for men.
02:48If the man does not want to, do not force him.
02:50Because this is a discussion that marriage is about equality.
02:57We no longer have a time
02:59when women are viewed as property.
03:02So, in that time, when you raped a woman,
03:05it is like you stole the father of the woman.
03:11In the past, this was the concept.
03:13No matter what you stole from yourself,
03:15it is still a woman's property.
03:17That is why we stopped this kind of concept of marriage.
03:22So, even though Senator Robin Padilla made his position clear,
03:28we will clarify it again.
03:31I repeat, especially to the youth,
03:34let us study our new policy.
03:38And this is not only for husbands.
03:40This is for those who have relationships.
03:43If no, no.
03:46And they say, only an absolute yes.
03:50An unpromising yes means approval and consent.
03:53The answer is clear now, rape.
03:56Rape is having sex without consent.
03:59If you force yourself on a person,
04:04and he does not want to,
04:06that is a violation of the law.
04:09That is our warning for the new era.
04:14Let us avoid our patriarchal ideas,
04:19the old ideas that if you have a wife,
04:22you can do whatever you want to her,
04:24even if she does not want to.
04:27That is my point of view for today.
04:30Go back to the studio, Diane.
04:32Again, good morning.
04:33Thank you very much, Professor Contreras.