The Filipino Values

and the challenge of

Globalization
MODULE 4
The identify of the Filipino
today is a person asking
what is his identity.
-Nick Joaquin
 INTRODUCTION:
• One of the contemporary issues that confront the notion of
personhood is the challenge of globalization. Its “reality and
omnipresence makes us see ourselves as part of what we refer
to as the ‘global age’”(Aldama, 2018). There are diverse views
on globalization, in such that not one definition can fully
encompasses its full meaning. Economists define globalization
as the “increasingly close economic ties among countries.”
• Travel, trade, immigration and accelerated pace of technological advance
are some that are included in this definition (Hassan & Kabir, 2002).
• Globalization can also refer to a set of social conditions and covers areas
such as “global economic, political, cultural and environmental
interconnections and flows that make many of the currently existing
borders and boundaries irrelevant” (Stegar, 2003).
• Globalization can also refer to all manners of contemporary change:
communication, economy, and equality between men and women.
(Giddens & Hutton, 2000).
• Globalization can then be summarized as “the process of wordly gain, by
using wordly intellectual knowledge, skills and cultures, maximizing profit
without consideration of other values to make global one and the
uncontrolled economic, political and cultural change.” (Rahman &
Uddin, 2017)
 Globalization is part of human history. It has emerged
due to the need of societies to be connected and be
interdependent of one another for trading of goods and
services. Others define globalization as a “social
condition characterized by the existence of global
economic, political, cultural and environmental
interconnections” (Stegar, 2003). The trends of
globalization have brought about various changes in
the systems of the families across the globe.
 The Influence of
Globalization on Families
 One of the major effects of globalization is
its impact on culture, identity, and family life.
This also applies to a community of people
and to the whole nation. The muslims have
enumerated some positive and negative
impacts of globalization.
The Muslims considered the effect of
globalization on family values as one of its
major negative effects (Muzaffar, 2008, as cited
in Rahman & Uddin, 2017).

 Globalization as affected the function of the

family in the passing on of their beliefs and
ideologies (Qutub, n,d., as cited in Rahman &
Uddin, 2017)
• enhanced communication
• strengthened democracy and human rights
• improved status of women in the society
• creation of job opportunites
• reduced poverty
• increased income
• development of better communication and
information technology (Muzaffar, 2008, as
cited in Rahman & Uddin, 2017)
 The Changing Roles of the Family
Due to Globalization
The family, as an adaptive institution, can adjust to the
various changes happening around the globe. One
cannot undermine the important role of the family in
shaping and developing individuals. The values,
attitudes and skills they learned in the family not only
influence them on a personal level but also at an
institutional level.
There exists a reciprocal relationship between the
family and social institutions. The family, although
an adaptive institution, still tries to preserve its
traditional values and norms in the midst of societal
changes. About by modernization, urbanization, and
industrialization of most cultures around the world.
These movements caused the Filipino family to
somehow shift from traditional views and practices
to more modernized ones (Medina, 2015).
 These shifts are as follows:
1. Alteration of female roles in the family. – Women were traditionally
assigned to care for the members of the family at home, but the ethos of
globalization called for the involvement of women in the workforce.
2. Shift in the authority role of husbands/fathers. - Most production
activities are now concentrated outside the home.
3. Family role structure changes. – Because women now share an
almost equal amount of time working outside the home, her roles in
child care and household chores are now shared with her husband.
4. Empowerment of individuals and decreased dependence on
the family. – The family played an important role in the
socialization of children.
5. Breakdown of kin-related family as a functional unit. –
Family relationships ceased to become strong, significant, and
satisfying unlike before.
6. More permissive norms and behavior. – Many cities now
become the center of social disorganization.
7. Increased involvement of extended family members. – With
the influx of both men and women getting involved in the
economic sense, children were left in the care of other significant
family members.
 Despite these shifts in the Filipino family
structure, social scientists refuted the common
observations that nuclear families become
relatively more isolated and independent of kin.
The empty nest family life stage has also been
put into question because individuals fail to
leave the home due to delay in child launching
and the increase in middle-aged women who are
caring for older parents. (Medina, 2015)
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