Myles, Mae, Danyca, Jessica

3/23/2019

Myles:

In her 2005 research document, “Feminism Across Our Generations,” (Question 3: What do you

see as the concerns of young Filipino-American women today, and how would you address

them?), Karin Aguilar-San Juan argues that Filipino-American women are being

stereotyped/objectified from mainstream society, giving Filipino-American women no choice but

to maintain the roles they are given from society. This raises the question for the two researchers

on what should Filipino-American women do and how it means to be truthful to their roles in

society.

Mae:

Karin Aguilar-San Juan claims that she is a feminist by default. In college, she began thinking of

feminism as a political motive. Karin fully understood what the term “feminism” meant;

theoretically and literally when she came out as a lesbian. Still, accepting feminism felt like a

compulsory for Karin, because she thinks that the world would turn its back on her if she didn’t.

Feminism has tons of meanings nowadays. It would’ve been easier for Delia to answer the

question decades ago. Her being a feminist was mainly influenced by the political struggles

during her time.

Danyca:

Question two: Did/Does feminism help to frame your politics? Or Did your politics frame your engagement

with feminism? Deila D. Aguilar and Karin Aguilar San juan discussed the role of woman in the world of

politics and how it affected and shaped them growing up. These two woman gave us different perspective
about feminism in politics or vice versa. They discussed how dissimilar the situation was in the US

compared to the Philippines.

Jessica: