Abstract
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to conduct an exploratory research investigation examining the phenomenon of bare-backing among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) on the Internet. The researchers selected a case sample of 100 MSM advertisers on an Internet bareback sex site to assess HIV transmission risk as related to HIV serostatus, partner selection, and sexual risk-taking. The data suggest that while intentionally seeking to transmit or contract HIV was extremely rare, a small proportion of advertisers appeared to be relatively indifferent to HIV transmission. However, the great majority of advertisers for bareback sex appeared to practice “sero-sorting” or sero-concordant behavior by HIV status with potential sexual partners as a strategy to minimize HIV transmission risk.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 73-83 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 21 2005 |
Keywords
- Aids
- Anal sex
- Barebacking
- Bisexual men
- Gay men
- Hiv
- Homosexuality
- Internet
- Men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM)
- Safer sex
- Sero-sorting
- Seroconcordant
- Serodiscordant
- Sti
