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Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Bets advocating safe sex may get votes: study
BAGUIO -- If elections were to be held in Baguio today, politicians who promote safe sex have better chances of winning against their rivals.
The issue on safe sex was brought to the fore during the last stretch of the campaign period in Baguio when the result of the survey of 250 Baguio respondents showed that two-thirds do not favor candidates who do not practice safe sex.
The survey, dubbed Reproductive Health as an Electoral Agenda, was commissioned by the Philippine NGO Council for Health, Education and Development (Pngoc) and facilitated by Kiawis, a group of Baguio-based journalists advocating reproductive health rights.
Respondents in the survey were from the tourism, academe, transport, entertainment, senior citizen, police and military and the religious sectors.
The respondents were asked if they would vote for a politician who promotes sex safe, who speaks about reproductive health without fear of criticism from the church, ideas about intimate relationship outside marriage and who thinks RH is an important platform of governance.
Thirteen percent or 34 of the 247 respondents said they would vote for a candidate perceived to be practicing unsafe sex compared to 163 who said they would not.
More than 55 percent also said that they will not vote for a candidate who has no comment on safe sex, compared to 13 percent who said they will and 31 percent who said it does not matter.
An overwhelming 71 percent of the respondents said they would vote for candidates who tell voters to practice safe sex compared to 13 percent who said they would not.
Between a wife-beater and a candidate who has illegitimate children, more than 90 percent said they would not vote for a candidate who beats his wife, compared to six or two percent who said they would.
Twenty-two percent said they strongly agree that a candidate could still be effective despite having children outside marriage, 11 percent moderately agree while 34 agree. More than 10 percent of the respondents said they strongly disagree while 16 either disagree or moderately disagree.
Wendy Ferrer, Kiawis coordinator for the project, said the survey is not intended to promote pro-RH candidates, but is only to gauge the awareness of Baguio residents on the issue.
Baguio, with daytime population of more than 300,000, is considered as the tourism and educational center north of Metro Manila. Harley F. Palangchao
(May 4, 2004 issue)
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