The other side of the bridge

Exploring the sexual relationships of men who have sex with men and their female partners in Mumbai, India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098438
AutoresElizabeth F Closson (Fenway Health), Murugesan Sivasubramanian (Humsafar Trust), Kenneth H Mayer (0000-0001-7460-733X, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Ankur Srivastava (0000-0003-4075-2429, Humsafar Trust), Steven A Safren (0000-0002-0121-0806, Massachusetts General Hospital), Vivek Anand (0000-0002-9893-8747, Humsafar Trust), Vivek Raj Anand, Raman Gangakhedkar (0000-0002-9641-7366, National AIDS Research Institute), Matthew J Mimiaga (0000-0001-9256-2905, Harvard University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen16
Número7
Páginas780-791
Fecha de publicación2014-08-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2014.911960
PMID24815724
PMCIDPMC4090273
OpenAlexW2044840796
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas33

Behaviourally bisexual men have been identified as a 'bridge' population of HIV transmission to heterosexual women in India. Little is known about the sexual relationships that these men have with their female sex partners. The primary objective of this study was to explore the sexual practices and relationship dynamics between married and unmarried behaviourally bisexual men and their female sex partners in Mumbai, India. In 2009, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 32 men who reported sex with men and women. Participants discussed a variety of sexual practices and arrangements with female sex partners. Irrespective of marital status and sexual identity, many said that they had satisfying sexual experiences and feelings of affection for female sex partners. However, sexual incompatibility between married partners was also reported. Explanations of bisexual concurrency were discussed in terms of both sexual satisfaction and sexual preference. Self-perceived HIV risk related to same-sex sexual behaviour motivated many men to use condoms with female partners. Expectations of unprotected marital sex and perceptions of partner risk were barriers to condom use. HIV-prevention programmes for this population may benefit from tailored risk-reduction counselling that attends to the variations of these sexual and social relationship dynamics

Affection · Condom · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Population · Sociology · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology