Trust and Sexual Interaction

The Significance of the Internet on the Sex life and Sexual Risk Behaviors Of Gay and Bisexual Men in Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID19543293
AuthorsPercy Fernández-Dávila, Percy Fernández‐dávila (0000-0001-7985-2481, Red de Investigación en Sida), Kati Zaragoza Lorca (Red de Investigación en Sida)
Year2011
Volume23
Issue2
Pages120-138
Publication date2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sexual Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1931-7611 • E-ISSN: 1931-762X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19317611.2011.566307
OpenAlexW1967013289
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited55

This study provides an understanding of the significance of the use of the Internet to find sexual partners, its impact on sexual life, and how it is linked to unprotected sex among gay and bisexual men. A grounded approach was used to analyze interviews with 31 men (aged 19 to 46 years) from Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao/San Sebastián, Spain. The results reveal that the Internet is impacting the form and style of life of many men, and particularly their experience of sexuality. Many men regard their sexual experiences with casual partners met through the Internet as unsatisfactory or frustrating. The men provided several reasons behind the search for sexual partners via the Internet: Some interviewees sought to channel needs other than the sexual (company, affection, stable partner). Trust and assumptions built into the virtual interaction become a key to understanding why some men have unprotected sex with partners met on the Internet

Affection · Casual · Condom · Developmental psychology · Human sexuality · Political science · Sex life · Sex partners · Sexual desire · Sociology · The Internet · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology