Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (Weighed But Found Wanting)

A quick movie review about the plot of the film is that, it revolves around the
protagonists Kuala a decent mother to be turned deranged woman after an abortion
attempt, and Bertong Ketong who was considered as an outcast of their town since
he has a skin condition of Leprosy, and several role characters that made ridicule or
showed concern to these two main characters. Bertong Ketong fell inlove with Kuala
and eventually pushed by the urges of love and affection for Kuala by Berto, they
conceived a baby. It became a great issue and a circling rumor around the small
town that a leprosy stricken man has an affair with an insane woman, and to cut
things short everyone eyed down upon these two characters that in the end both of
them got perished.

There are socio-political concerns underlying this movie that the essence seen in the
movie is that it brands individuals that have disabilities and incapacities
meaningless in the society, moreover they deem such individuals as outliers or a
burden. Placing prejudicial remarks showcased in the film suggest that at the time of
production there are these social conditions that affected the minds of the directors
and viewers, whereas disorders may it be mental or physical they consider them as
a problem or a cancer in society. As a student of Political Science and being able to
critically think and rationalize these circumstances, in the evolving world as of the
present limitations such as these are no longer a burden and that these people are
treated with equal respect as of those having a normal life. The movie depicted
values that are rather negative and would yield different criticisms in the
contemporary if it were to be remade.

If I were to be situated inside the movie, frankly I vision myself to be one of the men
outside the church picking and bullying people. In an ontological perspective I
consider myself to be part of those who look down to people but I do know when
and where to stop from making Alaska these people.
Sex is a Social Construct

During the reporting of data for the topic of Sex and Peoples insight towards this
topic, there are a number of realizations encountered; several norms, misnomers
and perspectives were tackled during this discourse in class. The class was divided
into groups and were tasked to interview and gather data in a qualitative manner to
understand the views, beliefs or opinions of sample groups and key informants of
different age groups and individuals from diverse social classes.
Knowing about the cultural beliefs of our country, The Philippines, it was expected
that the typical phrases Sex is taboo and the issues of Religion and Sex would be
prevalent in the answers of the correspondents. Aside from these conservative
answers, there were also liberal minded individuals mostly from the youth to
middle aged informants who shared their views with Sex that it should be
accepted as a normal and human form of interaction that are shared by individuals
who are urged either by love, leisure, infatuation and more.
The data gathered showed that the informants answers either came from the
perception of society, the teachings of the older generation, education either from
the school or the church and lastly the influence of peers, all of these shape the way
of thinking of individuals making them believe that Sex is a form of Social Construct.