MY BROTHER’S PECULIAR CHICKEN Alejandro R.

Roces
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE A PERSON’S GENDER?
Sex = biological constitution
Gender = how a person is expected to act in
society according to his/her sex
Sexuality= sexual preference
WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY?
Kiko
The persona
Mother
Father
Chief of the village/ teniente del barrio
Mr. Eduardo Cruz
HOW DID KIKO AND THE PERSONA ARGUE ABOUT
THE CHICKEN’S GENDER?
The basis of their argument was the chicken’s
appearance.
Persona: “It has no comb or wattles”
Kiko: “Did you ever see a hen with spurs on its legs
like these? Or a hen with a tail like this?”
HOW DID THE MOTHER AND FATHER ARGUE
ABOUT THE CHICKEN’S GENDER?
The mother argues that it is a rooster because of its
appearance
The father argues that it is a hen out of experience
WHAT IS THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE’S VERDICT
AND WHY?
The Village Chief believed that the chicken is a
different bird altogether, just because it doesn’t look
like any chicken he has seen.
WHO IS MR. EDUARDO CRUZ?
A graduate of the University of the Philippines in
poultry raising, and owns the largest poultry
business in the town.
HOW DID MR. EDUARDO CRUZ DECIDE ON THE
CHICKEN’S GENDER?
Based on appearance as well
“Look at the feathers on its back. If the feathers are
round, then it’s a hen. If they are pointed, it’s a
rooster” (Roces 173).
IN THE COCKPIT, WHICH CHICKEN WON? AND
HOW?
The peculiar chicken won because the rooster against it did
a mating dance and the peculiar chicken took advantage
of that and killed it.
#strong independent chicken
IN THE END, WHAT IS THE CHICKEN’S ACTUAL
GENDER?
Hen
It laid an egg
WHAT DOES THE STORY SAY ABOUT HOW SEX IS
JUDGED IN THE PHILIPPINES?
Sex is always linked to gender.
For example, phrases like: “Dress up more like a girl”, “Act
more like a man” determine just how much gender is
defined by what we look like or what we do.
However, the hen in the story is almost androgynous
because of how it acts, but it did not hide the fact that it
still lays eggs like any hen.
IN THE END…
You define what you are.
You can be a strong independent hen that don’t need no
rooster.
Society doesn’t have the right to dictate what you should
be just because of what you look like or how you act.