Xerex Xaviera

Xerex Xaviera is an adult column in Abante tabloid that first started as a sex advice column in July, 1988^[1][2][3] which was a creation of 5 young men.^[4] From a sex advice column, it has evolved into a literary column about sexual exploits and experiences of letter-senders^[5] and a platform for its reader's sexual fantasies.^[6]

Overview

Abante tabloid runs a column written by an anonymous Xerex Xaviera in 1988 for sex advices to letter senders. It has eventually evolved about sex exploits and experiences by supposed letter senders.^[7] The column was said to be the Filipino counterpart of the book by Xaviera Hollander Happy Hooker.^[8] The newspaper tabloid gains popularity as many adults are more buying the newspaper because of the stories from the Xerex Xaviera column.^[9][10]

In 2004, the tabloid stopped publishing the column when it shifted into an all family newspaper.^{[citation needed]}

Name origin

The name Xerex Xaviera was coined by five young men. One of them was fond of reading Playboy magazine and Penthouse magazine and Xaviera Hollander was a writer that they admired. As they wanted to create a Filipino version of Xaviera Hollander. While thinking on how they would create a Filipino name for Xaviera Hollander, one of them proposed to just do a Xerox copy of Hollander's name. From the word Xerox they created the name Xerex, and thus the name Xerex Xaviera was created.^[4]

Xerex film

On April 30, 2003,^[11] Regal Films released a trilogy movie of the said adult tabloid column featuring Aubrey Miles, Ynez Veneracion, Jon Hall, Kalani Ferreria and Jake Roxas.^[1] The film was directed by Mel Chionglo.^[3][12] The movie is composed of three episodes as seen from the perspective of the fictional sex guru:^[1] "Kama" which is about a teenage girl's exploration of sexuality, "O" which is about an engaged woman's dalliances with a beach lifeguard and "Butas" which is about voyeurism through a hole in the wall.^[11]

The movie was promoted through a photo exhibit at the SM Megamall. However, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board deemed the photos "too sexy and suggestive" and ordered its pullout.^[13]