SA21 Fieldworks: Social Institution Memes

Bernardo | Casimiro | Espedido | Guya

Manza | Montenegro | Server

SA21 K – Chichateam

Social Institutions

When anything goes wrong in the economy, the blame is usually pinned on the government. More specifically, it is pinned on the president. Even though the government has only little control over the price that businesses decide upon, people still believe that the government should step in to stop whatever price hike is happening. This is prevalent in the Philippines.

#socialinstitution #economy #socialchange #socialconflict #pandesal #pointingfingers #akonalanglagi #lifeisunfair

Sources/ Notes:

- news.easybranches.com

- www.bazics.net

- cutepinayz.com

This meme is clear as day. Although a large fraction of the Philippines is suffering poverty, people still tend to waste their money on superficial things and vices. It has escalated to the point that even though a lot of people don't even earn money, they're still game for inuman.

#socialinstitution #economy #inequality #what #poverty #tambaylife #medyobadboy #medyopoorboy #walangpera #peroinomparin

Sources / Notes:

- news.easybranches.com

- www.bazics.net

- cutepinayz.com

The irony here is that these politicians make use of huge amounts of money for their election campaigns when ideally, they could have used these to fund other more important undertaking. In Manny Villar's case, there have been claims that he really was not poor as argued in a PDI article. This shows how politics shape up notion of reaching out to the population's low economic strata as an effective tool for an election campaign, regardless of the validity of a politician's contentions.

#socialinstitution #politics #presentationofself #socialstratification #throwback #richkid #oneofthepoorkids #paawaeffect

Sources/ Notes:

- http://2010presidentiables.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/villar-with-kids.jpg

- http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20100313-258329/Villar-was-never-a-Tondo-poor-boy

The reality suggested here is that these politicians are guilty of huge crimes but they get a house arrest instead of prison arrest. In comparison to ordinary citizens who commit relatively minor crimes, they have no where else to go but prison unless they have money to bail out. Timely with the Vhong Navarro rape case, this meme imitates the trending expression of "Punta ka sa condo, dala ka foods." In Erap's case, he was guilty of plunder and was subjected to a house arrest while in GMA's case, she was charged for electoral sabotage and plunder but was subjected to a hospital arrest due to medical reasons.

#socialinstitution #politics #socialstratification #authority #inequality #walatayongmagagawa #connections #excusemepo #saanmogusto

Sources / Notes:

- http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jmoi.jpg

It has been a trend among politicians to put their faces and names in highlighted colors, enormous fonts, and eye-catching positions for the people to notice and give recognition/"attention" to their "work." Most of the time, these politicians take advantage of the government projects to advertise themselves. Perhaps it could have been a culture among government officials to do this or Filipinos could have been used to seeing these kinds of scheme. The society should take a step back and revisit this kind of trend to know whether it's really valid or not.

#socialinstitution #politics #commodification #authority #coercion #anobatalaga #huwagnapongipamukha #authorityorpower #medyohalata

Sources / Notes:

-http://philbasiceducation.blogspot.com/2013/11/parallels-between-disasters-and-basic.html...

Generational Property; Filipino dads are very overprotective of their daughters and usually hope they don't get boyfriends until they have graduated. The culture that the Filipinos have been used to is very conservative and they rather not have children who are sexually active already thinking that they are still young and not ready for things like that. Also, because of strong family ties, parents want their kids to put them first rather than romantic relationships.

#socialinstitution #papadear #love #guns #and #roses #plsdad #legalnakami #dedzsiboyfie #eroticproperty #tagutaguan #huhubells #teenagelove

Sources / Notes:

- http://assets.nydailynews.com/

Close family ties with extended family can even go up to 4 generations. Celebrations are usually very big events. They take their relatives with them during events and excursions. Asking help from institutions that take care of old people is mostly alien in the Filipino culture as it is a social norm for families to take care of their seniors.

#socialinstitution #family #generationsandgenerations #generationalproperty #loveskofamilyko #dami #namin

Sources / Notes:

- http://globalnation.inquirer.net/

Erotic property; lack of family planning. The Filipino nuclear family averages to three; according to a census done in the Philippines one in three births is unplanned. It is good to note, however, that the poorer families are usually the ones with more than five children while the higher a family is in the social ladder, the smaller the nuclear family unit usually is.

#socialinstitution #familyplanning #hinditgang #plstamana #birthcontrol #eroticproperty

Sources / Notes:

- http://www.census.gov.ph/old/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1027tx.html

- http://blogs.reuters.com/

People think going to church makes them a better person, but as the quote goes "Going to church doesn't make you a better person, just like how standing in a garage doesn't make you a car." It is what you do that defines what kind of person you are not the number of times you sit in church especially if you're not even really paying attention in mass. In the social institution of religion, people are both taught, and preach how to live life correctly and morally. Unfortunately, extremists, or even ordinary religious people lack the realization that it is not observance of religion, and its traditions that define your goodness, but the morality you exemplify in your actions.

#socialinstitution #moral #realtalk #morpheus #actions

Sources / Notes:

- memegenerator.net

Many people say they are accepting of different religions until their own family member begins to veer away from the family's. A Catholic family will not be so approving if one of their family members suddenly does not want to go to church, or believe in Jesus Christ thus giving this person a hard time and not respecting their decision. This stems from the social pattern of religious social institutions believing that their standard for moral living is the only correct one. Because their influence is greater within their family's social circle, they exert it more there, as opposed to strangers practicing under different religion.

#socialinstitution #family #religion #openminded #beliefs #morality #open #closed #standards

Sources / Notes:

- memegenerator.net

Religion as a social institution is characterized by attributing things to paranormal events - specifically, from the works of a higher being. While it is reasonable to attribute paranormal activities, such as serendipitous moments that benefit us to God's benevolent will, there are limits to what we should attribute to our higher beings. In particular, people sometimes justify calamities or catastrophes that resulted in thousands of deaths as God's will, that it's all in God's plan. These religious people have a difficult time deviating from their social institution's beliefs.

#socialinstitution #religion #calamity #really #catastrophe #God #will #destiny

Sources / Notes:

- memegenerator.net

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