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What Is Bareback Sex?
"Bareback sex" is a common term in the gay male community that originated in the mid-'90s; it means having anal sex without a condom.
The phrase stems from equestrianism: You're said to be riding “bareback” when you're riding a horse without a saddle. When you're riding a man—or a man is riding you—without a condom, well, that’s bareback sex. (More recently, the term has been co-opted by some straight folks to describe unprotected vaginal penetration, too.)
There are serious risks to having anal or vaginal sex without a condom—STIs being the main one. (Vaginal sex comes with the risk of unplanned pregnancy, but that can be mitigated with other forms of contraception.) Still, there are plenty of people out there who knowingly take the peril to have bareback sex with their partners. Some folks say they abhor the feeling of condoms (though we'd argue they haven't found the right one yet); others say it makes them feel closer to their companion, or that they like the evidence that it's "taboo."
If you're curious about the origins of bareback sex, what the risks are, or how to do it safely—or all of the above!—you've advance to the right plac
A new survey of gay and multi-attracted men shows almost half report having unprotected sex always, often or sometimes.
Of the 725 men surveyed, most tell they are educated about HIV/AIDS, and fear getting infected or re-infected.
Dr Freddy Molano and Renato Barucco of Novel York’s non-profit Society Healthcare Network (CHN) focused on men who use apps such as Grindr, Scruff, Manhunt and Growlr to encounter sexual partners.
The point of the survey, which received replies from men in Australia, South America, Eastern Europe, the UK, Canada, and mostly the US, was to secure insight into men’s perspectives on HIV/AIDS and unprotected sex. It also included an optional section asking respondents why they might obtain 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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About 68 percent are afraid to be infected or re-infected and trust people should be more concerned about
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Attitudes towards men who ‘bareback’ are a barrier to wider use of PrEP
Two new qualitative studies from Toronto shed illumination on how stigma affects the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the experience of taking it. In the first, childish gay men acknowledged that they did not always use condoms but did not see themselves as the kind of ‘barebacker’ for whom they reflection 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 do not want to be paired 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 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 life of taking PrEP.
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Social attitudes that suggest that having a particular illness or being in a particular situation is something to be ashamed of. Stigma can be questioned and challenged.
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