Bareback men
Attitudes towards men who ‘bareback’ are a barrier to wider use of PrEP
Two new qualitative studies from Toronto shed light on how stigma affects the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the exposure of taking it. In the first, young gay men acknowledged that they did not always use condoms but did not observe themselves as the kind of ‘barebacker’ for whom they thought PrEP was intended.
“PrEP embodies the notion of bareback sex, which traditionally has been related with negative elements, and it is quite clear that the young lgbtq+ men in this research do not want to be associated as a barebacking subject,” writes Julien Brisson in Anthropology & Medicine. “This is one reason why they did not crave to use PrEP.”
In the second investigate, early adopters described concealing their PrEP use because of what it might suggest to others about their sexual behaviour. Nonetheless, most had an overwhelmingly positive experience of taking PrEP.
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A new survey of homosexual and bisexual men shows almost half report having unprotected sex always, often or sometimes.
Of the men surveyed, most say they are educated about HIV/AIDS, and fear getting infected or re-infected.
Dr Freddy Molano and Renato Barucco of New York’s non-profit Collective Healthcare Network (CHN) focused on men who utilize apps such as Grindr, Scruff, Manhunt and Growlr to meet sexual partners.
The focus of the survey, which received replies from men in Australia, South America, Eastern Europe, the UK, Canada, and mostly the US, was to gain insight into men’s perspectives on HIV/AIDS and unprotected sex. It also included an optional section asking respondents why they might take risks during sex.
According to the findings, 81 percent of respondents know HIV is transmitted through “unprotected anal sex, vaginal sex and, less frequently, oral sex.”
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Bareback
Bareback sex is fucking without condoms or condom-less shags. The term 'bare backing' first appeared in a edition of Steam magazine. In an editorial Scott O’Hara, a gay bloke with HIV, said "I’m tired of using condoms and I won’t, and I don’t feel the need to encourage negatives to stay negative."
While be know this to be true we cannot uncover a copy of the original article. If anyone knows where we can, please contact MEN R US.
Like a tinder-box to brushwood, a fire swept across the USA with accusations split between ‘irresponsible idiots’ and ‘condom Nazis!’ (with not much in the middle) and it wasn’t long before the issue jumped the Atlantic to European shores.
Some HIV prevention agencies pounced on the word producing campaigns which sort of talked about it, although a clear explanation for what it was and who it applied to was proving sticky. For example, monogamous couples and those who had made considered/ informed decisions not to use condoms were labelled barebackers. Coupled with the negativity and hysteria at the time, they were rightly pissed. It was a lost
Porn laid bare: Gay men, pornography and bareback sex
This article details the preliminary findings from Porn Laid Bare, a collaborative research project between the University of Sussex and the Terrence Higgins Trust, Brighton. We search the multidimensional relationship that respondents identified as having formed with pornographic material, together with its role within gay male subculture. We then consider how interview respondents understood and conceptualised bareback pornography. Our findings reveal consistent contradictions between general discussions of gay pornography and specific discussions of bareback representations. Utilising Dean’s () work on bareback subculture and the ‘ambivalent gift’, we develop a critical reading of these contradictions in order to identify the methods by which the anxieties and pleasures of bareback pornography were handled by respondents.
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