Journalist Ben Tulfo has a message to Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s daughter, Frankie, against victim-blaming.
Yesterday, Pangilinan reacted on the news about a social media post from Lucban, Quezon Province police station advising women to dress properly if they wanted to avoid being a victim of predators.
“Mahalin natin ang mga kababaihan at huwag niyo abusuhin ang kanilang kabaitan,” the police station post reads.
“Kayo naman mga ghErlsz, wag kayo mag suot ng pagkaikli-ikling damit at pag naman nabastos ay magsusumbong din sa amin,” they added.
Pangilinan slammed the police station for making such comments.
“Stop teaching girls how to Dress? Teach people not to r*pe,” Pangilinan posted.
Tulfo, who saw the post of Pangilinan, told the latter that she’s still too young to know everything in this world.
According to the veteran journalist, there’s no hope to teach predators to be respectful of women.
He suggested that the only thing women can do is to dress appropriately so the predators would not target them.
“Hija, iba mag-isip ang mga manyakis at mga r*pists. Hindi natin sila matuturuan at mababago ang kanilang pagnanasa at pagiging kriminal,” Tulfo said.
“Ang tanging magagawa ay manamit ng tama. Huwag nating pukawin ang pagnanasa nila. Ito ang iyong magagawa,” he added.
The journalist also mentioned the controversial law made by Frankie’s father.
“Bago natin sila baguhin, baguhin muna natin ang sarili’t pag-iisip natin. Gets mo Hija? Tatay mo ang author ng Juvenile Law,” the journalist stated.
Meanwhile, the chief of Lucban Major Rizaldy Merene, said that people misunderstood their post.
“Parang advice lang ’yun… kaso nga lang na-misinterpret na ng iba,” said Merene.
“Mali nga pero ang point lang niya doon is para lang ’wag lang mag-short, ’wag magsuot ng maiksing short, ’yun lang wala nang iba.” he added.