TV and radio host Ben Tulfo is trending on Twitter after calling Frankie Pangilinan a “wannabe smart aleck” and arguing that women wearing sexy clothes are “inviting the beast.”
Frankie Pangilinan, daughter of Sharon Cuneta and Senator Kiko Pangilinan, recently criticized Lucban PNP for their Facebook post warning women against wearing short clothes, tweeting “Stop teaching girls how to dress?? Teach people not to rape,” and “Breaking news: my clothing is NOT my consent.”
However, Tulfo responded to her tweets, calling her “hija” and saying, “Sexy ladies, careful with the way you dress up! You are inviting the beast.”
Hija @kakiep83 , a rapist or a juvenile sex offender's desire to commit a crime will always be there. All they need is an opportunity, when to commit the crime. Sexy ladies, careful with the way you dress up! You are inviting the beast.
— Ben Tulfo (@bitagbentulfo) June 13, 2020
He also blasted Pangilinan on his post on the Facebook page “Bitag Live”, wherein he called her a “smart wannabe aleck” and said rapists cannot be taught to change, and that all women should do to not be harassed is to dress appropriately.
“Hindi natin sila matuturuan at mababago,” he said in the post. “Ang tanging magagawa ay manumit ng tama. Huwag nating pukawin ang pagnanasa nila. Ito ang iyong magagawa.”
“Bago natin sila bahuin, baguhin muna natin ang sarili’t pag-iisip natin. Gets mo Hija?” he continued in the post.
Pangilinan responded in Tulfo’s tweet, listing down three counterarguments, including:
– Rape culture is real and a product of this precise line of thinking, where the behavior is normalized, particularly by men.
– The way any person dresses should not be deemed as ‘opportunity’ to sexually assault them. Ever.
– Calling me hija will not belittle my point.
She also tweeted a screengrab of the host’s Facebook post, saying that he’s only brave “because he knows I’m not there.”
the way he was braver on fb because he knows i’m not on there ?? pic.twitter.com/fAuzS7ukhD
— hija (@kakiep83) June 14, 2020
Tulfo has since trended on Philippine Twitter after getting thousands of backlashes from netizens.
