Research Proposal(Unedited)

Problems Encountered By Prostituted Women in Cagayan De Oro City
Maureen May T. Herbas, Kim T. Luardo, Henzel Joy S. Ople, Leslei V. Paguilion, Ingrid E. Villanueva, Ma. Dolores D. Mercado

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the problems encountered by the prostituted women in Cagayan de Oro City, with emphasis on economic and sociological aspects. It focused on the three major points, namely: (1) What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, educational attainment, type of services, length of experience, reasons for being a prostitute, place of origin, and religious affiliation? (2) What are the problems encountered by the respondents in terms of sexual, psychological, financial, social, health, and spiritual aspects? (3) Is there a significant difference in the problems encountered by the respondents when they are grouped according to age, educational attainment, type of services, length of experience, reasons for being a prostitute, place of origin, and religious affiliation? In answering these problems, the researchers used the descriptive research design to determine the significant relationship between the independent and dependent variables of the study.
The analyses yielded the following results: Most of the respondents belonged to the 21-23 age bracket. Of the 30 respondents most of them claimed that they were high school level. In terms of type of services, most of them were serving as exotic dancer. As regards length of experience, most of them responded 0-5 months. Ten of the respondents engaged in sex trading due to “poverty” and “support for the family,” as reported by the respondents. Some of them were from the Province of Misamis Oriental, and majority of the prostituted women claimed to be Roman Catholics.
On problems encountered by the respondents, the following findings were identified: The prostituted women reported they seldom encountered the problem on “men forcefully inserting their genital organs into our vaginas.” On

References: Raymond, J. (1999, February). Health Effects of Prostitution. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvhealt.html Violence against prostitutes Female prostitutes may be at risk of violent crime, as well as possibly at higher risk of occupational mortality than any other group of women ever studied. For example, the homicide rate for female prostitutes was estimated to be 204 per 100,000 (Potterat et al., 2004), which is considerably higher than that for the next riskiest occupations in the United States during a similar period (4 per 100,000 for female liquor store workers and 29 per 100,000 for male taxicab drivers) (Castillo et al., 1994). However, there are substantial differences in rates of victimization between street prostitutes and indoor prostitutes who work as escorts, call girls, or in brothels and massage parlors. While women who work on the streets are the most likely to be victimized, attacks and even murders of prostitutes have also occurred in legal and licensed brothels (such as in the German brothel Pascha). (Violence Against Prostitutes. Prostitutes. Retrieved January 3, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution#Violence_against_prostitutes)