Young star Frankie Pangilinan has received a backlash for her opinion on the death of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera in Makati City on New Year's Day.
"There’s something awful and stupid about how I only get rape threats when I talk about rape not being okay," Frankie wrote on Twitter.
Few days ago, Frankie tweeted: "It is never the clothes, never the drinks — never the victim, period. It is always, ALWAYS, the rapist’s fault. How many more times do we have to hammer this home for it to stick in your thick skulls, please??!??!"
The daughter of Megastar Sharon Cuneta and Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said it's not about "protecting drunk girls" but rather "respect out of any human being because drunk girls shouldn’t be needing any more protection than drunk guys."
"That’s exactly what’s wrong here, though — a few drinks and we’re suddenly no longer people," she said.
"Like it’s fxxd up, I get it — girls have so much more to fear in intoxication. But it’s so damn sad that we have to be ‘protected,’ because that implies this kind of danger is inevitable, when it’s not. Teach your fking kids not to rape people, let us deal with the hangovers," Frankie added.
Frankie said that she prefers "respect" over "protection."
We’re not pretty things that need constant guarding. We’re human beings. Christine Dacera shouldn’t have needed protection. Enough of that dialogue. She was a woman who deserved basic, human decency," she added.