What blunt fury could excite a man's wiles...
When he thrust up his fists on air for miles...
When he refuses to stampede-ground on agonizing pains...
And traverses not to unlock himself from the bondage of vains?"

What nomadic heart best describes a man's constitution...
When his vices, whims and caprices succumb not to restitution...
When his basic intentions defy lucid explanations...
And obstinates irrationality only rests onto his blind suppositions?

What blatant impetus could a man suffers in perpetuity...
When by greed he opportunely grabs all the grandeurs in sagasity...
When he illicitly seizes his love passions with shrewdest dexterity...
And incessantly advances his insatiable mundane conquests through vague eternity?

--Digna (Mother)

Couch Commando Daddy-O: Do Daddies Hog the TV?
A Qualitative Study on the gender differences and
power relations in the TV Viewing Behavior of
Parents in the Household.

Catindig, Pamela
Corpin, Donna Mae
Cortez, Jeremiah
Dandal, Erika

     ABSTRACT

     This is a comparative case study on the TV viewing patterns of two families.

     The study is set in a nuclear family in the setting of the home. It is in the home that the family can be observed interacting while viewing television. It is also the ideal environment to study gender and power relationships.

     This paper attempts to explore the difference on the viewing pattern of parents and show the gender and power relations that happen in the context of TV viewing with the use of the theory of Patriarchy.

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