Martins, Anderson; Queiroz, Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes; Sousa, Alvaro Francisco de; Frota, Oleci Pereira; Araújo, Telma Maria Evangelista de; Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa; Fronteira, Inês.
Preprint em Português | SciELO Preprints | ID: pps-1081
abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sexually explicit media (MSE) consumption of the “bareback” type in the practice of anal sex without a condom by men who have sex with men (MSM). To this end, a Facebook® page was created, with a link that directed participants to the study questionnaire. Users who identified themselves as cisgendered men, aged 18 or over and who had sex with another man in the 12 months prior to the survey were included. Data were collected in 2017 across Brazil and analyzed using univariate and bivariate inferential statistics and multivariate logistic regression. 2248 MSM participated in the research, with a mean age of 24.4 years. Most were single (69.1%), with casual sexual partner (68.9%) and an average of 3.9 partners in the last 30 days. Have multiple sexual partners (ORa 9.4; 95% CI 3.9-22.4), prefer films with bareback scenes (ORa 2.6; 95% CI 1.5-4.6), judge this practice a fetish and perform it (ORa 3.52; 95% CI 2.3-5.4), have casual partnership (ORa 1.8; 95% CI 1.5-1.9) and awareness of the partner’s negative serological status for HIV (ORa 1.4; 95% CI 1.1-2.3) were factors that increased the chances of engaging in anal sex without a condom. Thus, we verified an association between the consumption of MSE in the “bareback” modality and the practice of sex without a condom among MSM.
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