A 2017 report said one in three sexual abuse cases in the country from 2011 to 2016 involved incest. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Philippines’ largest motorcycle-hailing company has been criticised online over a Twitter post that gender and child rights advocates say trivialises incest and rape.
“This is a bad ad. You’re a male-led and male-dominated company promoting incest and unhealthy sexual power dynamics in an ad,” Ms Hya Bendana, an organiser of the public transport advocacy group Move As One Coalition, said in a post on Twitter, which has been seen more than 3 million times. A 2017 report on the online news site Rappler said one in three sexual abuse cases in the country documented by the Social Welfare Ministry from 2011 to 2016 involved incest.
The ride-hailing company currently has more than 27,000 motorcycle riders serving mostly commuters in Metro Manila, a sprawling metropolis of 16 cities and home to over 13 million, according to its website. “Angkas is like sex. It’s scary the first time but fun to do over and over again,” the company posted on its official Twitter account.
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