SURVEY

Questionnaire:
1) How would you define decency?
2) What attributes does a woman need in order to be called a decent woman?
3) How do you think did women's decency change over time?
4) Give ways on how a woman can show her decency.
5) What affects a woman’s decency?

C# = correspondent number
C#1
1. Decency simply means modesty and propriety.
2. Dignified actions and eating lasagna
3. a woman's decency depends on her self esteem and how she eats lasagna

C#2
1. Proper attitude or behavior.
2. A woman should dress properly or according to the situation, acts properly in front of people, respects
others and their opinions or point of views, knows how to act properly
3. As time passes by, the point of view of a certain person changes along with the society. As long as
something is accepted by almost everyone, it can already be considered decent. For example, shorts used
to be considered as clothes only for the prostitutes or for men (not for decent women), but as time passes
by, the society slowly accepted shorts as a part of the fashion world.

C#3
1) Decency for me is like having a behavior or attitude that is respectable or acceptable to others.
2) For a woman to be called decent, she must dress appropriately in all occasions to be seen as a respectable
woman. She must not wear provocative clothes that exposes her body to the public. Attitude is also another
thing to look into in order to be called a decent woman. One must have respectable etiquettes and manners
when communicating with others.
3) Women's decency changes over time because of influence from younger generations, they tend to forget
the proper manners because of being influenced by the new generations, thus the decrease of decency in
women.

C#4
1. Decency is a way to be accepted by everyone in the society, this may come in many forms like dressing
or speaking in public places.
2. A woman needs to dress properly according to the norms of society, because being decent depends on
the kind of culture you have and the people around who may soon judge you.
3. Women’s decency change overtime because the norms of society also change in a period of time, for
example dati prang hindi normal yung mag shorts na maiikli, pero ngayon prang unti unti ng natatanggap
dahil nagiging karaniwan nalang na suot kaya prang normal nadin tingnan. haha ayan pre, sana nakatulong
ako tinagalog ko na kasi hirap na mag english XD
4. A woman can show her decency by dressing in the most formal way as possible and act like a real lady
as possible.
5. Things that affects a woman`s decency are, the way she dress, the way she talks, the way she eat, almost
everything beyond norms or everything that is not normal to the society.

C#5
1. Decency is word that explains something that is prim and proper in any aspects. Given the idea of being
polite and respectful in any act that a person shows in public.
2. It’s not about how she would achieve the word “decent woman”. She would do it because she is and she
is not bounded to satisfy the word decent. The decency is in every inner self of any woman that should be
use critically as they go on their lives.
3. It doesn’t change because they are just some factors that affects the idea of decency in every woman.
4. Simply, by showing what is right and good. Women sometimes ignore the idea of it and take no notice
of as if they don’t know.
5. it is somehow the influence of many people. It may also indicate the society’s perspective in showing
what is more appealing to the world. Sometimes, we tend to lose ourselves in the idea of what is new to the
public and not caring about how it would affect our character.

C#6
1. Decency is a pencil. It can draw one’s personality.
2. First of all, being modest. Second, maintains a good behavior. Third, maintains proper hygiene.
3. Decency of a woman is the integral of life different experiences from birth to death. A woman has a life
time find the true meaning of decency with her experience being a catalyst or an inhibitor.

C#7
1. It is a quality of being proper or appropriate.
2. In order for you to be a decent woman, the woman should dress elegantly, they should behave like a lady.
3. It changes while they are aging.
C#8
1. Decency for me is yung behavior ng isang babae na acceptable standards of repectability at yung
morality.
2. Iba iba naman hanap natin so for me, pagiging decent woman is yung responsible malinis sa sarili
masipag may kulit oo pero di sosobra may limit kung baga.. and yung walang vices and alam yung tama at
mali.
3. They change siguro kasi sa environment narin. Sabi nga nila halos lahat na nakikiuso, so ganon siguro.
4. Siguro sa pananamit niya makikita kung decent woman siya. hahaha
5. Peer pressure

C#9
1. Yung pagiging presentable sa mata ng madala tsaka maayos ang itsura't pakikitungo sa iba.
2. Magalang, mabait, marunong makisama.
3. Masyado ng nagiging open ang mga kababaihan sa kasalukuyan dahil siguro nakikiuso tayo mula sa
ibang bansa.
4. Siguro pag sa hapag tsaka sa pananamit.
5. Hitsura tsaka kilos.

C#10
1. Decency for me is a standard norm of behaving righteous and properly.
2. Women should impose self-respect not only with our bodies but especially to the way we carry ourselves
so that respect from other people would be earned.
3. Just like in the past, women already follow trendy stuff. it just so happen, that we are now living in a
modern age that is already incorporated with high technology, making women to push to their confining
zones and sometimes go beyond their limits. Thus making women to forego proper decorum for the sake
of labeling themselves as 'belong' to the latest trends.

C#11
1. Decency is how a person act to show and gain respect.
2. How to respect others. How to stand up and physically present herself in the eyes of others
3. It changes because of the nature and in what is trending

C#12
1) Decency, for me, also means self-respect. If you respect yourself, you have decency.
2) - Wise use of words - Compassionate – Respectful
3) I think it's because of social media. Social media greatly affects our lifestyle especially, based on my
observations, on women. Today, social media also sets the standards of how a woman should live their
lifestyles.
4) First of all, she must use wise words every time. Respecting other people and their lifestyles must also
be done. Lastly, for me, decency can also be shown by the way you choose and wear your clothes. So I
think, a woman can show her decency by wearing appropriate dress in their day to day lives.
5) Just like what I have said earlier, it's the social media that greatly affects the woman's decency.

C#13
1. Actions that are moral.
2. We can consider them decent if they have good manners, honesty, and respect for other people.
3. One of the top main reason is peer pressure.

C#14
1. Decency is just being simple. Knows right from wrong
2. Sex won’t happen for a while
3. It’s a part of adolescent? HAHAHA

C#15
1) Decency is an attitude wherein personality affects dignity.
2) She must expose herself in her most pleasing way as possible, not provocatively, morally.
3) Women's decency is greatly declining. One possible reason is the way they dress. Back before, people
were conservative, unlike now.

C#16
1. For me, decency is when you behave properly not just in front of other people, but also when you are
just by yourself.
2. I think having self-respect is really an important attribute in order to be called a decent woman. If you
have respect for yourself, you know the things that can lead you into shame.
3. I don't really know if women's decency changes over time. But due to issues of early pregnancies
nowadays, I'm quite sad knowing that in the past, they waited for marriage.

C#17
1. Decency is an attribute or quality of being respectable and polite.
2. A woman should know how to respect other people as they respect themselves. They should be polite,
properness and respectable.
3. I think the influences of people and mostly in social media. They're bragging for a new version of
themselves that they are not used to be. They tend to disrespect other people and their core values are fading.
4. Like I've said, they should learn first on how to respect themselves. Respect their way of living. Love
everything around you. Appreciate what they have right now and be that person that everyone will love.
5. Women's decency reflect on their personality and it will change what people think about you. They're
looking as if you are a bad person.

C#18
1. Polite behavior. Something that shows respect & order.
2. It doesn’t only mean that one must wear proper clothing, but having respect towards oneself and other
people.
3. Due to the social influences, women tend to be indecent towards themselves and other people. They also
tend to be more assertive in their own image.

C#19
1. Decency is being polite, moral and honest when it comes to behavior and attitude towards others.
2. She needs to be polite in a way that she doesn’t forget to respect whoever she encounters. She needs to
dress properly. She needs to be conservative. She also needs to be honest in a way that she tells what’s on
her mind in a polite way.
3. Their decency doesn’t change. Their attitude and mentality change.

C#20
1) Decency is a person conforms attitudes like responsibilities, honesty, modesty, and respect to other
people.
2) Girls need honesty and respectful because they act a good moral than boys.
3) I think they will change if they have a period.
4) They should wear a decent clothes, a non-drinker and a non-smoker, have love and they learn how to
manage time to their responsibilities
5) It affects their personalities and girls dignity and prospective.