Migration has the potential to trigger changes in gender roles because of the adjustment
that is required with the void left in the roles performed by migrants. The feminization of
migration has been posed as potentially transformative because of the “transgressions”
of having to leave their homes and families and taking up paid employment. When men
migrate, it is part of their role as the breadwinners—as the “pillars of the home”—a role
which is very central to Filipino adult masculinity (McKay, 2011; Parreñas, 2005), whereas
when women leave, they leave behind their role as mothers—as the “light of the home”
—and become paid workers and possibly earn more than their husbands. In the wake of
their husbands’ migration, the women left behind reported being initially burdened by
additional responsibilities—such as being mothers and fathers—but they also discovered
(new) capacities and strengths, which enhanced their self-knowledge (Go and Postrado,
1986; Arcinas, 1991; ECMI/AOS-Manila et al., 2004).
Migration has the potential to trigger changes in gender roles because of the adjustmentthat is required with the void left in the roles performed by migrants. The feminization ofmigration has been posed as potentially transformative because of the “transgressions”of having to leave their homes and families and taking up paid employment. When menmigrate, it is part of their role as the breadwinners—as the “pillars of the home”—a rolewhich is very central to Filipino adult masculinity (McKay, 2011; Parreñas, 2005), whereaswhen women leave, they leave behind their role as mothers—as the “light of the home”—and become paid workers and possibly earn more than their husbands. In the wake oftheir husbands’ migration, the women left behind reported being initially burdened byadditional responsibilities—such as being mothers and fathers—but they also discovered(new) capacities and strengths, which enhanced their self-knowledge (Go and Postrado,1986; Arcinas, 1991; ECMI/AOS-Manila et al., 2004).
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