'Na-ano lang': Sotto twits Taguiwalo for having children out of wedlock

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1454470" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><h3>Taguiwalo daughter: &#x27;No woman deserves that kind of treatment.&#x27;</h3><p>MANILA - <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> Senator Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto III on Wednesday needled Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo for having two daughters outside marriage. </p><p>Sotto brought up Taguiwalo&#x27;s status as a solo parent during her confirmation hearing before the Commission on Appointments (CA), where the bicameral body assessed whether or not her cabinet posting should be affirmed.</p><p>&quot;On the lighter side, Sen. Drilon and I were looking at the personal information about you and you have 2 children, daughters ba or sons? Two daughters. But you&#x27;re single,&quot; Sotto told Taguiwalo. </p><p>Taguiwalo answered in the affirmative, saying: &quot;&quot;My life has never been a normal one. I never had a whole mother-father-children kind of thing, except when I was growing up in Bacolod.&quot; </p><p>She explained that she was a student activist in the University of the Philippines during the Martial Law years. </p><p>Taguiwalo, a human rights victim during the Marcos regime, then said she spent her life in the underground and in prison from 1972 to 1986. </p><p>&quot;My story will be different from the stories of those who have gone through UP, corporation, et cetera,&quot; she said. </p><p>Sotto&#x27;s response was reminiscent of his noontime show jokes: &quot;In the street language, when you have children and you are single, ang tawag doon ay &#x27;na-ano lang.&#x27;&quot; </p><p>Several people in the room laughed at Sotto&#x27;s remarks while Taguiwalo merely pursed her lips. </p><p>Taguiwalo, a former UP professor, then told the senator, &quot;Mr. Sotto, I teach Women&#x27;s Studies so we respect all kinds of families, and that includes solo parents.&quot; </p><p>Despite the joke, Sotto said he backed Taguiwalo. </p><p>&quot;You have my 100 percent support,&quot; Sotto said as the titters subsided. </p><p>A daughter of Taguiwalo, who requested not to be named, took offense over Sotto&#x27;s remarks and demanded a public apology for her mother. </p><p>&quot;I think my mom deserves a public apology from Tito Sotto... No woman deserves that kind of treatment,&quot; she said. </p><p>Sotto&#x27;s comments also drew comments online, with several scoring him for sexism and misogyny.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/DiNaProfMSSyj">@DiNaProfMSSyj</a> Tito Sotto&#x27;s demeanor against Taguiwalo was intended to gain media coverage. Nothing more. It depicted though his indecency as a senator.</p>— jed q cepe (@jedqcepe) <a href="https://twitter.com/jedqcepe/status/859633024618639361">May 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Yung tanungan ni tito sotto kay Judy Taguiwalo, eat bulaga lang?<br/>Sobrang low!!! Eh ano kung solo parent sya with 2 daughters?</p>— Nasser Amparna (@lillboykyut) <a href="https://twitter.com/lillboykyut/status/859630579058397185">May 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kapal mo, Tito Sotto. I hope you apologized to the Sec. <a href="https://t.co/lyrS4qre3q">https://t.co/lyrS4qre3q</a></p>— Ma&#x27;amSyj🇵🇭 (@DiNaProfMSSyj) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiNaProfMSSyj/status/859629835488043009">May 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Nakakapag-init ng ulo itong si Tito Sotto. He should apologize to Judy Taguiwalo &amp; TO ALL SOLO PARENTS who are decently raising their kids.</p>— Albert Canzana (@ChokTheVirgin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChokTheVirgin/status/859637132125757440">May 3, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Wednesday needled Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo for having 2 daughters outside marriage. </p>

Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Wednesday needled Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo for having 2 daughters outside marriage.

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'Na-ano lang': Sotto twits Taguiwalo for having children out of wedlock

'Na-ano lang': Sotto twits Taguiwalo for having children out of wedlock

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Published May 03, 2017 02:15 PM PHT

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Updated May 03, 2017 04:23 PM PHT

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