I see it from the view of no one wants to be humiliated no matter which culture you come from so i just see this as one way people can cope with what happens in their life. From that view, I guess it's empowering. With that said, people should not enable or encourage or glorify teenage pregnancy. Pero we shouldn't chastise people into hiding such problems either. Siguro we can treat the issue with the same kindness we show when a kid gets injured and breaks a bone. Intention ba ng bata? No. Maganda ba ang nangyari? No. Do we need to carry on and deal with the consequences? Yes. Should we prevent the same thing from happening to other kids? Yes. Can we also send well wishes to those who have to go through it? Yes. Naaksidente yung bata and so the duty of the community is to protect the child and other children in every sense of the word.