Today’s View: Demystifying prostituted women portrayed as deviants

By MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA In this first foray in Today’s View, I want to debunk the misconception that women in prostitution are deviants and, therefore, have to be regarded as outcasts. Women suffer from such a categorization as if personality disorders have to be corrected and that rehabilitation is of utmost concern for the humanitarians. Here lies the psychoanalytic framework as a further analysis for women in prostitution.

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Today’s View: International Day of Impunity

By AMIRA ALI LIDASAN Journalists and human rights groups are marking November 23 as the International Day to End Impunity, in remembrance of the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre, which according to International Freedom of Expression Exchange is “the single deadliest incident for journalists in recent history.”

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Why we should not vote for these senatorial candidates: Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Tito Sotto, Ralph Recto, Lito Lapid

According to Pulse Asia survey conducted from March 21 to 28, 2010, re-electionist Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada both ranked 1st to 2nd. Former Senator and former…

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