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Introduction
The role of women in the Philippines has been explained throughout hard work and dedication. These women made it clear that their families were a main priority. The Republic of the Philippines, a nation of 7,107 islands with a total area of 111,830 square miles (307,055 square kilometers) These women have grown up to adjust to these new life styles. These women had a main job to keep the house hold together. Theses Filipina women are known of for domestic work. They also title to keep a marriage and provide all of the resources to keep the men their husbands happy. Domestic violence happens all over the world. However these women are beaten and it is lawful and justice by the community. Male superiority on the Filipino household include wife-beating.

History and Issues in the Philippines
The Filipino culture has been around for many years. This culture has an idea that the male gender should be the dominant gender. Filipinos had little sense of national identity until the revolutionary period of the nineteenth century. The word "Filipino" did not refer to native people until the mid-nineteenth century. Before that period, the treatment of the islands as a single governmental unit by Spain and the conversion of the population to Catholicism were the unifying factors. These people fought for their independence. They wanted to get their own government and rules. They fought against the Japanese in guerrilla warfare for independence. They finally got it in the 19th century got their independence.

Filipino Women coming to America
The women in the Philippines had to work and keep the household under control. These women were servants to their men. These women did not have the same equality than men, and had to carry more than should. These women had to provide and make money for their families. They had to look for jobs in America and get money. They also wanted to provide a life that these women had experienced. Gender is a controlling factor to globalization in this culture. Gender is the main disgusting factor on who makes the money and name in the family. While on the surface, women who are abandoned by their husbands seem to be motivated solely by the benefits of migration , their economic motivation. The trouble was leaving the children, and knowing their husbands would find comfort with other women. Women are often more to blame than men in the culture.

Physical violence during pregnancy:
Woman who have ever been pregnant have ever experienced physical violence during pregnancy. The incident increases along with the number of living children; decreases with age, decreases with education level and as well with wealth.

Consequences of Spousal Violence:
Woman were asked if they have ever done anything to physically hurt their husband at times when he was already beating of physically hurting them, 16% answered yes and 9% answered yes in the last 12 months. One in three woman experienced physical /sexual violence reported having cuts, bruises or aches, more than 10% reported to have eye injuries, sprains, dislocations or burns and also more than 10% reported to have attempted to commit suicide. Three in five women who experienced physical /sexual violence reported having psychological consequences like depression, anxiety, anger and etc.

Immigrant Woman Task Force:
According to the survey conducted by the Immigrant Woman Task Force of the Coalition for the Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services 20% of 54 undocumented Filipina women living in the San Francisco Bay Area reported to have experienced domestic violence, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in their country of origin or in the United States.

Domestic violence homicide data:
In 2000 in Hawaii 7 domestic violence related were reported according to Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, 5 of the 7 woman killed were of the Filipino decent, Filipinos only represent 12.3% of the total population of Hawaii. The National Demographic and Health Survey revealed that one in five woman ages from 15-49 has experienced physical violence since the age of 15, 14% of married woman have experienced psychical abuse from their husbands, and 37% of separated woman have experienced physical violence.

Marriage and family:
Most of the women prefer to be separated from their husbands instead of getting the divorce in the court because it is costly and often favors men over woman in the court. This is what makes Filipina to be extremely cautious when deciding their marriage proposal because they only get one chance. Filipino woman are known for their faithfulness to their marriage partners and expect the same from her husband to honor their martial status. They expect their husband to build friendly relations with her family members and do not marry in isolation from their families. They attempt to find their parents approval when accepting a marriage proposal. The economic status determines the size of the wedding and the more money spent on the wedding. The male’s family pays for the cost of the entire wedding. Families or males that won a car are considered to be somewhat wealthy. Grandparents are to live with a son or daughter and family because they elderly shouldn't be living by themselves.

Women's Role/ Men's Role:
Gender roles in the Philippians are found in many places like in the school systems, dating, and in their families. Males get more respect because females take after their mothers and elder woman to take less dominating roles. Men are categorized into the dominating role in society and brought up to take after their fathers or elder man in their life. Thy are defined as more confident and more accomplished individuals. In schools they make the students look presentable, males must have short hair and females must wear skirts down to their shins. They go to the same location for school but are divided into two separate parts of the school. The school assigns the date for prom from their height and that person opposite is the date. Only the wealthy go to college and receive the higher education because there is no financial aid available. It’s more typical that children dates when they are 18 because education is the main priority in their lives, the girl’s parents usually meet the guy in a meeting before going out to their first date. Females must never wear a skirt or shorts that are above the kneecap on a date. Males are the ones that work to take care of the family and females are required to stay home to do chores. The only females that have jobs are when they work in the rice fields or they own a restaurant. Many of the women in the Philippines would get abused by their husbands, and it was allowed. These women took advantage in migration to escape from their husbands and troubles. The system in the Philippines labor work forces showed that women are to equally displace in over structuring of the world. Men were the primary income, and women are not. Women’s jobs were not paid as the same as men. They did not have same tools or weapons to achieve it.