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A girl must avert her eyes from her father when she speaks to him.


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5 Responses to “A girl must avert her eyes from her father when she speaks to him.”

Comment from lito
Time August 28, 2010 at 2:31 pm

RE:”A girl must avert her eyes from her father when she speaks to him.”

this one is not a law, it is an old Filipino tradition of respect to parents.

No longer applicable now because teens are corrupted (“westernized”)

Comment from hmm
Time January 30, 2011 at 4:45 am

just because it isn’t enforced doesn’t mean it isn’t a law.

and you’re seriously calling corrupted teens “westernized?” lol if anything they were corrupted before from eating all of those cats.

Comment from Secret
Time June 25, 2011 at 5:03 am

I agree with lito, its not a law, its just a tradition to respect parents

Comment from Matt
Time August 2, 2011 at 11:52 am

That is a very common custom (not law) that is repected by many other countries throughout Asia and the Pacific regions; even in the traditional indigenous populations here in Australia!

Comment from Nicky j
Time October 31, 2011 at 6:39 pm

My mom gets mad at me when I do this so now I can say that I am just ibeying the law. Haha

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