Handout 3 Flashcards
is defined as a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status (Britannica, 2019).
Social Class
is a large group of people who live along or below
the poverty line.
Lower Class
collectively called the working class, is the
largest and most diverse group of people who lives along and beyond the poverty line.
Middle Class
is a somewhat small group of people who live beyond the poverty line.
Upper Class
The highest position in Filipino society is covered by two (2) people
Datu and Babaylan
was composed of the feudal lords who agreed to band with each other as an unbreakable alliance.
maharlika
were the group of people that served under the maharlika as their vassals.
maginoo
were simply the people who lived freely and in the service of the land.
Timawa
is the lowest major caste in the pre-colonial Filipino caste system.
alipin
serve as workers of the land, similar to peasants in Western feudal classes.
They were not
necessarily poor - they just got a tract of land from the higher castes and vowed to work on them to support the community
aliping namamahay
were the lowest of the low because they represent actual slaves. Typically composed of prisoners of war from other tribes or communities, they worked tirelessly in order to earn their freedom.
aliping saguiguilid
had base taxes; they paid the minimum amount of tax.
Indios (i.e., Filipinos) and Aetas
pay taxes despite having mixed heritage. This is because not all members contain spanisn blood.
Mestizajes
were the first natural-born Filipinos with pure
Spanish blood. Hence, they were also called Filipinos.
Insulares
are simply Spaniards born from the American colonies such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, to name some.
Americanos
were Spaniards that came from the Iberian
Peninsula where Spain and Portugal are located. They were exempted from paying taxes and held the most power and influence.
Peninsulares
it is the intermarriage of a Filipino and a
Spaniard.
mestizo de Español
was the term used here in the Philippines
to clasify either a mestizo de Español with chinese
blood, a mestizo de Sangley with Spanish blood, or someone with Spanish and Chinese blood.
Tornatras
were people with Filipino and
Bombay (i.e., Indian) heritages.
mestizo de Bombay
were people with Filipino and
Chinese heritages.
mestizo de Sangley
is a popular icon representing the
countercultural movement and rebellion which earned him dichotomous infamy.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
refers to the biological trait that determines one’s reproductive function based on the gametes present.
Sex
is a spectrum of characteristics of women, men, boys, and girls that are socially constructed, of which it includes norms, behaviors, and roles associated with being one’s self and their relationship with others (World Health Organization, n.d.)
Gender
is the term used to describe one’s inclination to another person in terms of romance (i.e., to love and be loved), emotions, and/or sexual urges.
Sexual orientation
is the term used to describe one’s attraction to men and/or masculinity.
Androphilia
Men who are attracted to other men are known as
gay
women who are attracted to men are deemed
heterosexual