Social Injustices Experienced by Filipinos

SOCIAL INJUSTICES EXPERIENCED BY FILIPINOS

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First let us define Social Injustices, what is social injustices? According to http://www.studylecturenotes.com/basics-of-sociology/social-injustice-definition-issues-and-example. Social injustice is a situation when someone unfair practices are being carried in the society.Whatever unjust is happening is usually against the law and it might not be something that is considered a moral practice. Basically, social injustice occurs when the equals are treated in an unequal way and the unequal's are treated in an equal way. Base on my understanding social injustices are the inequality of the people in the society, people are not treated equally.

Based on what I see and experience in the society here in the Philippines there are many social injustices that are happening. For example, the injustice in the gender, age, poor people and drug addicts.

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 But first let us talk about the injustice in gender.   Based on what I observed in the society when a   man is harassing a woman it is a crime. But in   my further observation situations like this are   merely reported as 'crime' when things like this   are reported to the social media they often ask   "Ano ba kasing suot ng babae?" " Baka naman   kita na kaluluwa niya sa damit niya?" "Bakit ba   nasa labas pa sya ng ganong oras?" this irritates   me the most cause why would they refer to the   

way of how a woman dresses herself and say that when you're showing too much skin "you're asking for it" like can we just stop victim blaming, why can't we just accept the fact this this world is not the safetiest place you can be, and when there are situations where in the woman harasses a man the man is weak or called "gay" because he lets a woman harass him, come on people. Not just because a man doesn't fight back he's gay. Can we just see it this way, that man are respecting this woman even at the cost of his health, or because this man is taught well by his parents not to hurt woman in any way. I believe when a man fights back thats more like being gay.

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Second is the injustice in age. Because of the law that is implemented, when a teenager commits a crime this child cannot be put to prison, even if this child killed someone or do any serious criminal act he cannot be imprisoned. But if you are in a legal age and do something that violates the law you'll be put in to jail immediately. This is a form of injustice in a way that many children commits crime because they fear nothing other than their parents. They are thinking that if they steal, no one would probably put me to jail because I'm only 9 years old. This is the main reason why 'sindikatos' made children do things for them because they know that children will remain innocent no matter what they do.

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Third is the injustice to the poor. Poor people must be the one who benefits the most from the government because they're the one's who needs support the most. But in reality what happens is that poor people doesn't get any benefit from the government but instead those who have the power and wealth are the one's who benefits the most. And when calamity comes, it is the duty of the government to help these people by giving them enough support and relief good but what happens is that they receive less more often they receive nothing. Instead of eliminating poverty in our society it just gets worst even then.

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Lastly, the injustice about the 'tokhang'. Many "drug addicts" they say are being killed today without due process. And still, the government doesn't give or do any actions regarding this issue. According to the Bill of Rights Article III of the Philippine Constitution Section 1 " No person shall be deprived of life,liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the law." But why are these extrajudicial killing still exist? why are they killing them without due process of the law.  Even if they are not drug addicts they are accused of being one if they are killed by the policeman.

Many social injustices exist in the society of the Philippines and people of the Philippines just don't see it. They keep they're eyes closed and shut the doors of reality. I hope someday all of there injustices will no longer exist, and everyone will be treated fairly and equally.

- Pahigdana, Zhea Jhay G.