Note 103 — Chapter VII
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“I shall not at present enter upon a discussion of whether one ought or ought not beat the Filipino. I shall only remark, as a matter pertaining to this section, that the first thing that one sees in any of their houses is the rattan hanging in a corner. When a father places his son in any Spanish house, this is his charge: ‘Sir, beat him often.’ To educate the young people, or to establish order in any place without the use of the rattan, is a thing that they do not understand.” (Mas, p. 99.)
It is said that even at the present day a Filipino father will not hesitate to chastise his son corporally, even after the latter has attained his majority.