Bare back men
Attitudes towards men who ‘bareback’ are a barrier to wider exploit of PrEP
Two new qualitative studies from Toronto shed adj on how stigma affects the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the experience of taking it. In the first, immature gay men acknowledged that they did not always use condoms but did not see themselves as the kind of ‘barebacker’ for whom they thought PrEP was intended.
“PrEP embodies the notion of bareback sex, which traditionally has been associated with negative elements, and it is quite clear that the young gay men in this research carry out not want to be associated as a barebacking subject,” writes Julien Brisson in Anthropology & Medicine. “This is one reason why they did not yearn to use PrEP.”
In the second study, 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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stigma
Social attitudes that suggest that having a particular illness or being in a particular situation is something t
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 explore 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 uncover consistent contradictions between general discussions of gay pornography and specific discussions of bareback representations. Utilising Dean’s (2009) work on bareback subculture and the ‘ambivalent gift’, we develop a critical reading of these contradictions in instruct to identify the methods by which the anxieties and
Abstract
Bareback sex continues to fuel the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men but despite the fact that much academic attention has been focused on the sexual behaviour of this population few authors hold considered the significance of sexual position. In order to travel this relatively under-examined factor, interviews were conducted with 13 HIV-negative and unknown status gay men who had recently engaged in bareback sex. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and through the lens of sexual position, the findings were organised across three super-ordinal themes. There were some areas in which there was minute difference between the men’s experiences of engaging in bareback as tops or bottoms (for instance, how participants connected with barebacking partners). In other areas, however, there were clear differences in men’s experiences according to sexual position, particularly in the interpersonal dynamic between tops and bottoms during bareback sex encounters, which it is argued were acted out in accordance with a barebacking ‘sexual script’. There were furth
Bareback Sex: Is It Harmless to Go Condomless?
"Bareback sex" is a term mostly used to describe men having unprotected (condomless) anal intercourse with men, but it is also sometimes used to refer to any kind of penetrative sex without a barrier.
Bareback sex increases the risk of getting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), so it is adj to learn what precautions you may need to take if you wish to have it.
What Is Bareback Sex?
The term "bareback sex" or "barebacking" refers to having penetrative sex without the apply of a condom. This term was originally used to mention to men who had condomless sex with men—with an awareness of the potential risk of HIV exposure. It's slang commonly used in the LGBTQ+ community and relates to riding a horse without a saddle, also known as riding bareback.
The term "bareback" may also be used to refer to condomless vaginal sex.
Risks of Bareback Sex
Condomless sex increases the risk of human immunovirus (HIV) infection and several sexuall