NEWS & EVENTS
CF coordinator goes national; presents qualitative research
By: Amman Gener B. Pimentel
Date posted: 03.05.2010
Mr. Recto Aguire, coordinator of the Christian Formation department, qualified to present his study “ Peddlers of the Night: A Phenomenological Inquiry of Service Boys in Tuguegarao City and Enrile, Cagayan” at the Philippine Population Association Annual Scientific Conference held at the Heritage Hotel, Pasay City, February 3-5, 2010.
Aguire, with co-researcher Dr. Antonio Tamayao of Cagayan State University, presented the commissioned research during the conference’s panel session on “ Gender and Sexuality.”
Using a phenomenological framework of analysis, Aguire and Tamayao investigated the socio-demographic profile, lived experiences, self typification and the shared meanings/concepts constructed by the Service Boys and their gay clients about sex and sexuality.
Included in their study were selected service boys(male counterpart of guest relation officers or GROs) from Tuguegarao City and Enrile in Cagayan.
The paper aimed at enriching the discourse on Filipino male adolescent prostitution, most especially their reality constructions about sex and their sexuality.