Stigma and Self-Esteem: A Descriptive Study of the Guest-Relations Officers Working in a First-Class Karaoke Club

Abstract

This research focused on the Self-Esteem of Guest Relations Officers working in a First-Class Karaoke Club in Makati City as affected by the Stigma imposed upon them by the society. Karaoke clubs emerged as newer forms of entertainment. Its proliferation easily persuades the attention of young women to enter the job as a GRO since it is a very lucrative one despite the negative connotations attached to the job and to the women indulging in such a business. Given this fact, they view it as a modified form of prostitution that continuously subject the women into subservience, especially by the women’s right advocates.