Risky Sex?: Gay Men and HIV Prevention
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In candid, in-depth interviews, gay men discuss their experiences in the age of AIDS, their attitudes toward sex, and their motives for engaging in behaviors that are widely considered to be dangerous health risks. Choice Turner presents a well-designed study . . . of sexual behaviors of HIV negative gay men. . . .between the ages of 30 and 44, living in West Hollywood . . . in the early 1990s. . . . He found that the men practiced safer sex almost all the time, but also on occasion had unprotected anal sex. Turner relates his findings to the probable evolutionary origins of basic human urges, and describes probable interactions between these urges and the cultures that coevolved along with human biology . . . Although methodologically and theoretically sophisticated, the book is also as lucid and well written as a good novel.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Embracing the Jaguar1History, Risky Sex, and Relapse12Johnny and Ralph: Commitment and Trust173Bob: Oral Pleasures344Phil: Binge and Purge505Alexander: Knowing Better656Roger: Curious Sex797Jerry: Leather Sex908Theorizing Sexual Pleasure: Fuzzy, Evolutionary, and Cultural1099Adapting to HIV: Intervention Strategies128Appendix A: Methodology149Appendix B: The Sample155Bibliography161Index175
