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Silence, Assent And Hiv Risk, Barry D. Adam, Winston Husbands, James Murray, John Maxwell
Silence, Assent And Hiv Risk, Barry D. Adam, Winston Husbands, James Murray, John Maxwell
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology Publications
Based on interviews with 34 men, almost all of whom have unprotected sex with men most or all of the time, this paper documents the interactional process, narrative elements, and meaning construction in situations of ‘bareback’ sex. Narratives show the differentiated cultural capital circulating among distinct circuits of gay and bisexual men that define the taken-for-granted rules of conduct for sexual interactions and give rise to high risk situations. Many of the positive men speak of being part of a social environment where ‘everybody knows’ a set of rules whereby sex without condoms can happen as a default circumstance to …