[Dash of SAS] Sex videos and sexism: Just another day in Philippine politics

'As long as it is consensual sex between two adults, sex and expressions of it should be treated as an individual prerogative – not a public spectacle'

Just when we did not need another display of misogyny and sexism, we were treated to a week of the debasement of women.

Let’s just put this out there: Every person has the right to enjoy sex and explore their sexuality. Some people like to have sex on video. As long as it is consensual sex between two adults, sex and expressions of it should be treated as an individual prerogative – not a public spectacle.

De Lima’s sexuality was used to discredit and humiliate her. Using the tired trope of an alleged sex video, male legislators feasted on the details of the senator’s private life. Their antics drew the much deserved disgust of the public, but still, Senator de Lima remains in detention. And yet, the male candidates who have no chance of winning the presidential race asked the one other person who stands a chance to, as Isko Moreno put it, “be a hero and withdraw.”

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