i realized that the police, the barangay and the rest of the male population (and some female) would think that the felons tried to break in my house because they knew there was no man in that house.
while i was giving my statement to the local officials (barangay), they asked me where is my husband and why is he not home. i told them i don't have any. they don't seem to understand and repeated the question. does your husband work night shifts? no. i told them. where is he? they insisted. i told them no, i don't have a husband. ohhh...they chorused. so that's why...why what? why i was burglarized? i was too shaken at that time to argue or even start a lecture or debate.
at the police station, the same question was asked. asan ang asawa mo? the police inspector asked. i said - wala. wala? he asked? where is he? i told him: wala akong asawa. i forgot the next thing he said. because by this time, my abdomen is aching from stress. its 3am and i'm still out in my pajamas giving statement after statement.
are men deterrent in the commission of crime? that in the first place are almost always committed by men too? maybe. maybe those crooks thought women are easy prey. on the other hand, male headed households in our area were also burglarized.
some of my friends and relatives told me to get a dog - a big, mean-looking dog to scare off those felons. so which one is it - a dog or a man?
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