when the Spaniards came to the Philippines, they brought the patriarchal values about women that eventually

diffused into the Philipine culture.

The women were tied to the house and their roles were confined exclusively to housekeeping and child rearing. On the otherhand, there was the chivalrous idea that men should be the provider of the family and the protector of women. Women were also taught to be compliant to elders and always submissive to males. They were oriented to remain incorruptible until marriage and to focus on building skills that would make them good daughters, housewives, mothers and servants of God. Women were even the barred from participating in political undertakings because it was considered a man's work. Filipinos were familiarized to a religious and patriarchal system of education which emphasized the domestic value that women were the property of men. Urbana at Feliza "..." Kahinaaan women's weakness is literally man-made. is a cultural imperative of colonial Philippines. Gahasa Pagiging Ina Men's Approriate Women's Voices Mga Donya "Sila ang pinakakasuklam-suklam na resulta ng kolonyalismong Espanyol sa kamalayang sakop. Sina Donya Victorina at Donya Consolacion ang kahambal-hambal na larawan ng pagsisikap na maganyong Europeo, magsalitang Europeo, mag-asal Europeo, at mag-asawa ng Europeo upang umabot ang pangarap ng maging 'Orofea'. Donya Victorina Donya Consolacion -