Feminist research identifies the need for reflexivity in the researcher’s role in the research process by arguing that the social positioning of the researcher affects each stage of the research, especially when and how she/he negotiates for information. The quality of the information acquired depends upon how the researcher presents her/himself to the informants and negotiates for information by over-coming the power barriers between the two parties and gaining the informants’ trust throughout the entire fieldwork process (Nast 1994, Mullings 1999, Moss 2002, Valentine 2002). During the information gathering process, I nego-tiated for reliable and valid information for my study by accepting our differences and playing different roles: as an insider or an outsider, as an elder sister, or as a friend. I tried to create optimum research spaces where I could gain reliable and valid information from informants with differ-ent positionalities (Attanapola 2003; 2005).