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ToolsGrundy-Bowers, Matthew, Hardy, Sally and McKeown, Eamonn (2015) Barebacking and sexual position. Sexualities, 18 (1-2). pp. 176-194. ISSN 1363-4607
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Bareback sex continues to fuel the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men but despite the fact that much academic attention has been focused on the sexual behaviour of this population few authors have considered the significance of sexual position. In order to explore this relatively under-examined factor, interviews were conducted with 13 HIV-negative and unknown status gay men who had recently engaged in bareback sex. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and through the lens of sexual position, the findings were organized across three super-ordinal themes. There were some areas in which there was little difference between the men's experiences of engaging in bareback as tops or bottoms (for instance, how participants connected with barebacking partners). In other areas, however, there were clear differences in men's experiences according to sexual position, particularly in the interpersonal dynamic between tops and bottoms during bareback sex encounters, which, it is argued, were acted out in accordance with a barebacking ‘sexual script’. There were further differences by position in how individuals overcame ‘cognitive dissonance’ by invoking strategies to make their engagement in bareback sex safer and in the meanings men ascribed to bareback sex and semen exchange. These findings provide valuable insights for those working with MSM around HIV prevention.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This research has been supported with National Institute for Health Research Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship and an Imperial College Health Charity Trustees non-medical Research Award. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bareback sex,gay men,sexual behaviour,sexual position,gender studies,anthropology,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3318 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 22:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 03:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86683 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1363460715569140 |
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