Without Condoms: Unprotected Sex, Gay Men and Barebacking
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After years of activism, risk awareness, and AIDS prevention, increasing numbers of gay men are not using condoms, and new infections of HIV are on the rise. Using case studies and exhaustive survey research, this timely, groundbreaking book allows men who have unprotected sex, a practice now known as "barebacking," to speak for themselves on their willingness to risk it all. Without Condoms takes a balanced look at the profound needs that are met by this seemingly reckless behavior, while at the same time exposing the role that both the Internet and club drugs like crystal methamphetamine play in facilitating high-risk sexual encounters. The result is a compassionate, sophisticated and nuanced insight into what for many people is one of the most perplexing aspects of today's gay male culture and life style. Michael Shernoff digs deep and forces us to see that the AIDS epidemic is not over. We must now ask the hard questions and listen to the voices that answer. The stakes are too high to ignore.
Ch. 1Introduction and overview3Ch. 2Gay men's sexuality and psychotherapy : from cure to affirmation31Ch. 3Why do men bareback? : no easy answers65Ch. 4Trips and slips101Ch. 5Cruising the Internet highway141Ch. 6Love in the time of plague : male couples, sex, and HIV179Ch. 7Love, sex, and trust207Ch. 8Can barebacking be curbed? : what (if anything) works?247Ch. 9Conclusions : sexual freedom and sexual responsibility283App. 1Negotiated safety agreement questionnaire299App. 2Safer barebacking procedures303App. 3Squashing the "super-bug" : an open letter to gay and bisexual men309
