Love, Lust, and Fear

Safer Sex Decision Making Among Gay Men

Bibliographic Data

ID3609845
AuthorsLynda J Ames (SUNY Plattsburgh), Alana B Atchinson, Tom Rose
Year1995
Volume30
Issue1
Pages53-73
Publication date1995-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v30n01_03
PMID8907598
OpenAlexW1573019244
LanguageEN
Citations received12

In this, the second decade of the AIDS epidemic, most gay men have adequate knowledge of the most efficient transmission routes. Men know the techniques recommended to significantly reduce the likelihood of transmission. Men do not want to be infected. Yet some continue to take chances for sexual transmission of HIV. Why? This paper will explore the reasons given by men in a small city for engaging (or not) in specific sexual practices. Our primary finding is that most men do consider themselves to be taking adequate precautions against infection--even if an outside observer might disagree on "objective" grounds

Family medicine · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Lust · Psychoanalysis · Transmission (telecommunications · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Computer Science · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology