In our ethics class, we started talking about how media seemingly has the power to sanitize what would seem to be anti-social or socially unacceptable or deviant behavior. As the case study went, it focused on a drama involving a young senator who had sexually assaulted a woman. The show's writers had later on considered in making the man the object of affection of his silent victim -- turning the perpetuator into a hero by making light of the crime he had committed. This would then make it seem easy for to forgive such a crime, even though it is done vicariously.

But that was in a drama series, here's something a bit more real:

Her daughter, Grace Adriano, 15, gave birth yesterday at 1:30 p.m. to a seven-pound boy. He will be called Jose Gabriel (nickname: Leone).

Grace had a normal delivery according to Dr. Suyen Granados Rivera. Jolo Revilla, 16, the baby's father, had to skip school to be with Grace who was brought to the Cardinal Santos Hospital at 8 a.m. yesterday. Jolo is the second son of Sen. Bong Revilla and actress Lani Mercado.

Let's lay out the facts: A fifteen year-old minor, the child of a popular actress, gives birth (presumably out of wedlock) to a child fathered by a 16 year-old who is the son of a Senator. Wow.

If that doesn't "legitimize" the enterprise, the father's mom, actress Lani Mercado, videotaped the entire delivery.

(The real story here is how "Jose Gabriel" became "Leone".)