The Morality of Pump'n'Dump Dating in the Philippines
In Thailand, the rules are fairly well-defined in the pay-for-play market but, in The Philippines, one is dealing with a 65%-higher population (115 m vs. 70 m, in just 42% of the Thais' land): quite-poor women just seeking a meal-ticket / ATM in life. The ageless saying: "Men want a woman's first love; women want a man's last love" & Professor Dawkins' 'The Selfish Gene', highlight the disparity between male and female behavioural directives.
Although there is a spectrum of hooker-to-harlot-to-hopefuls, they are all fundamentally seeking the economic security of permanent relationships. Time works relentlessly against them: Asian men consider women over 25, who are still single, to be potentially-poor marriage material. After age 30, there is a distinct loss-of-attractiveness, especially in mothers.
So, what do we have to offer for the puki? Certainly not marriage in a no-divorce country, with imprisonment for adultery! Meals, gifts, money, some attention (mostly sexual); possibly a mixed-race child to a single mother. Hardly the objectives of their dreams and long-term support imperatives. For guys with a conscience, it is a bit of a conundrum. I personally don't expel any wrigglies to worsen the country's overpopulation problem and, contrary to most nationalities, Filipinas are mostly okay with that, if a supportive relationship is present.
It is very easy to play the field, especially with provincial gals, whom amorous males could visit in endless rinse-and-repeat cycles across the republic, or merely in the capital. Actor Michael Caine (91), rhetorically asked in Alfie (1966, aged 32): 'What's it all about?" How do you reconcile male sexual imperative with females' desire for permanence? And what is fair compensation for their short, or long, time company?