Duterte: ‘No chauvinist pig, just good with girls’

MANILA, Philippines — Despite criticisms over his sexist remarks and antics, President Duterte denied being a “chauvinist pig” but admitted to being “good” with girls. 

Duterte said people should talk to him first before they become overly critical of him. 

He also justified his habit of kissing women, saying he has been doing it to female constituents, “whether they have teeth or they have none,” since he was mayor of Davao City. 

“They said I’m a chauvinist pig. But actually, that’s not true,” the President said during the 81st anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday in Pasay City. 

Duterte, who often jokes about his extramarital affairs, believes there is nothing wrong with liking girls. 

“Gusto ko man talaga ‘yung girls. Sino bang ayaw (I really like girls. Who doesn’t)?” he said. 

During the event, Duterte praised GSIS, the pension fund for state workers, for having several beautiful employees. 

“Marami talagang magaganda (There are many beautiful women here). I don’t know if you follow a certain criteria... She must be slim, not more than 115 pounds,” the President said.  

Duterte recalled that he would look at female GSIS employees when he was still staying at a dormitory operated by the Young Men’s Christian Association.

He also narrated how his geopolitics professor asked him to get out of the classroom after telling her that he was good with girls. 

“(The professor) said ‘You seemed to be looking at the map for the first time.’ I said ‘Ma’am, no, I studied but... I am not very good at directions.’ She said, ‘Oh so what are you good at?’ And I said, ‘girls.’ She got angry and asked me to leave the classroom,” Duterte said. 

Duterte, who previously described extramarital affairs as “part of biology,” also joked about having four girlfriends. 

“Kung asawa ko, anak ko, girlfriend ko, tatlo yan, may pang-apat pa dito, wag niyo kausapin (My wife, my daughter, my girlfriend, three of them. There is a fourth one here, dont talk to her),” he said. 

Duterte later clarified that he was just joking and said that all members of the audience are beautiful. 

Before ending his speech, Duterte made light of his controversial kissing of a married woman in Seoul.. 

“Kung nasa Korea lang tayo, naubos ko kayo (If we were in Korea, I would have kissed you all),” the President said.