CONTINUATION OF THE NOTES IN

FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
Chapter XII: Social Problems
III. Sex Problems
Different Kinds of Sex Problem
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Increased student pregnancy

Extra-marital relations
Frigidity and impotence
Sexual incompatibility
Incest sexual intercourse between people related by blood or marriage
Wife swapping
Hippie family (several men and women live intimately together)
Homosexuality
Nymphomania
Prostitution

Causes:
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Local customs
Womens Lib movement
Influence of media
Industrialization
Invention of contraceptives
Poverty
Modern advertisements
Breaking down of family discipline

Effects:
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Illegitimate births
Abortion
Separation or divorce
Guilt and shame
Venereal disease (AIDS)

IV. Divorce and Desertion

Causes:
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Separation of the couple when any of them has to work abroad

Working women
The interpretation of the new freedom (Women can engage in sex in the same way as men)
The abundance of goods

Remedy
1. Emphasize religious and sacramental significance of marriage
2. Try to have the couple live together by working near home
3. Deemphasize material goods and emphasize the real values of life
V. Population Explosion
Causes:
1. Values and beliefs
2. Less mortality rate (due to improved health and nutrition, less infant mortality, longer life span)

3. Fertility of Filipino women

Effects:
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Poverty
Unemployment and underemployment
Political instability
Lower quality of life
Over urbanization
Lower educational attainment
Slowed down economic development
Less food supply (malnutrition)
Housing problems (high rent)

Remedy:
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Population education
Family planning
Sex education
Knowledge of birth control and contraceptives

VI. Poverty
Causes:
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Population explosion
Typhoons, fires, earthquakes, floods etc.
Indolence of people
Government and politics
Inflation
Demoralization
Unemployment

Effects:
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Low standard of living

Low morale
Family discord
Psychological depression (feeling of insecurity, anxiety, and hopelessness)
Indignity (loss of self-reliance)
Theft and robbery

Remedy:
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Family planning
Sariling sikap and other home projects
Education of the masses so they vote wisely
Church, school, and home should work together to elevate morale
Harsher penalty for graft and corruption

VII. Child prostitution or Child Abuse

Causes:
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Poverty
Irresponsible parenthood
Ignorance
People taking advantages of minority

Effects:
1. Trauma
2. Venereal disease (AIDS)
3. Deprivation of the wonderful feelings of sex
VIII. Mail-Order Brides
Causes:
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Aspiration for better life

The want to have good looking children
Status uplifting
Meal ticket
Rejection elimination

Results:
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Incompatible marriage
Difficulty adjusting
No one to turn to for the mail-order bride
No love, hence, no happy and lasting marriage

IX. Employment Abroad

Cause:
1. Lack of jobs in the Philippines
Results:
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Brain drain
Exploitation
Blue-collar jobs
Prostitution
Separation of families

X. Lack of Peace and Order

Causes:
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Communism
Poverty
Ambition and desire for power
Indecision and lack of a firm hand in dealing with subversion
Lack of strong and knowledgeable leadership
Lack of unity

Effects:
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Migration
Establishment of private armies among political leaders
Indiscriminate shooting
Many regions of the country want to be autonomous and independent