The Manila Times

Woman’s authority, a lesson from Bobby Riggs

- BY YEN MAKABENTA Columnist

WHICH Duterte statement, do you think, offended Filipino women more? His statement that he prefers to appoint men to government posts because women are only cut out for certain jobs? Or, his statement that Vice President Leni Robredo is “incompeten­t” and that he dreads leaving the presidency for her to take over?

The two statements arrogate masculine superiorit­y which the

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