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Diaz-Abaya’s "Moral" Mirrors the Dispiriting Decades
There’s Maritess who is trapped in an oppressive feudal family that sees children as wealth.
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Her desire to be a writer is thwarted by a controlling husband who wields power over her by shackling her with yearly pregnancies. Maritess finally walks out on the family and seeks refuge and counsel from Sylvia, who advices her to insist on a fair marriage.
Embarrassed by the situation, the husband accepts Maritess’ demand that he leaves the household, share the rent, and allow her to work.
Finally there’s Sylvia. Left by her husband, Robert, for a male lover, they share custody of a son while she finishes college, works as a schoolteacher, and takes up law studies.
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An independent and liberated woman (she politely declines additional alimony from her ex), Sylvia quits teaching after being reprimanded for coming to school bra-less. Objecting to an assault on her personal freedom, she resigns by turning in her bra to the principal.
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