Abstract:
Torpe males are individuals who experiences difficulties when
communicating or initiating social relationships with a member of the
opposite sex that they like.
This research entitled aSinong Torpe? A Descriptive Study of the
Social Perception of the Filipino Torpe Male" aimed to identify the
characteristics that are present in greater degrees in men termed as torpe
and to determine if the present societal definition of the phenomenon
known as katorpehan is apt and accurate with its description that torpe
males are unable to converse and initiate relationships with any member
of the opposite sex.
In this study, the researcher utilized the descriptive method of
research, which describes a certain behavior. The Big Five Personality
Factor traits (openness to new experience, conscientiousness.
extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism) were used to gauge how
the community views the personality of a torpe male. According to the
results, torpe males are mostly normal individuals. They are perceived
more as having agreeable personalities; open to new experiences and as
highly organized individuals. However, they are also seen as vulnerable
persons, whose slightly introverted nature surfaces or increases
whenever they attempt to initiate contact with a member of the opposite
sex that they really like.
