The PrEP and the reconfigurations of sexuality and HIV prevention among men who have sex with men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19475356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L F Rios (0000-0002-0767-7845, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Karla Galvão Adrião (0000-0002-7411-425X, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Thamires Dayane de Sá Pereira (0000-0001-8060-2236, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Larissa Vitoria Silva Soares (0009-0000-1312-9274, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), João Pedro de Souza Dias (0009-0009-9616-5523, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Júlio Henrique Magalhães Luckwu (0009-0000-2631-0224, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Rayssa Karollyne da Silva (0009-0008-8548-5997, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Jéssica Mayra Uellendahl Ramos (0009-0005-6379-1940, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1413-812320253011.10922025en |
| OpenAlex | W4416793348 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article discusses the actance of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in the sociotechnical network of HIV prevention and in the sexual experiences of men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the Metropolitan Region of Recife (MRR). It is based on ethnographic research and analyzes 41 interviews with young MSM. PrEP is present in the sociability and bodies of the sexual partners of many of the interviewees, whether they use it or not. Some elements contributed to the decision to use it: pleasure in condomless anal sex (CAS); recurrent failure to use the condom; circulation of information about PrEP; and previous sexual practices with someone who used it. Among non-users, CAS is usually mediated by serosorting, presumed by the healthy appearance and “knowledge” of the sexual partner. Knowledge is also present in CAS among those “on PrEP”, as an alternative for preventing other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). When risk management takes into account partners who are also “on PrEP”, justified by periodic exams, it enhances sexual health. Those “on PrEP” are stigmatized for not complying with prior norms: “safe sex is done with a condom”. Nevertheless, biopolitics operates and the test as a subjectivizing technology seems to start producing a new sexual morality, in which those ‘on PrEP’ can become a new class of healthy gay men
Biopower · Ethnography · Human sexuality · Men who have sex with men · Reproductive health · Safer sex · Sexual attraction · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Sex work and related issues · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Brazil
Intimidades mediadas sexo no pelo, truvada e a biopolítica de quimioprofilaxia
A strategy for selecting sexual partners believed to pose little/no risks for HIV
A Profilaxia Pré-Exposição ao HIV (PrEP) entre homens que fazem sexo com homens
Youth and the Covid-19 crisis
HIV-negative gay men's accounts of using context-dependent sero-adaptive strategies
Imagination as Expansion of Experience
Couro no couro
Da evidência à ação
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |